Checklist: Amaranthaceae

AMARANTHACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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CHENOPODIACEAE 
Literature:  
Brenan, J.P.M. (1988) Chenopodiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1)  
Townsend, C.C. (1988) Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1)  
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
CENTEMA Hook. f. 
Centema angolensis Hook.f. [End]
Centema subfusca (Moq.) T. Cooke
Pupalia subfusca Moq.
Trichinium subfuscum Moq.
  
SERICOSTACHYS Gilg & Lopr. 
Sericostachys scandens Gilg & Lopr.
  
BLUTAPARON Raf. 
Blutaparon vermiculare (L.) Mears
Achyranthes vermicularis (L.) Eaton
Blutaparon brevifolium Raf.
Blutaparon repens Raf.
Caraxeron vermicularis (L.) Raf.
Cruzeta vermicularis (L.) M.Gómez
Gomphrena vermicularis L.
Illecebrum vermiculatum (L.) L.
Iresine vermicularis (L.) Moq.
Lithophila vermicularis (L.) Uline
Philoxerus vermicularis (L.) Sm.
  
MARCELLIOPSIS Schinz 
Marcelliopsis denudata (Hook.f.) Schinz [NrEnd]
Marcelliopsis welwitschii (Hook.f.) Schinz [NrEnd]
  
MECHOWIA Schinz 
Mechowia grandiflora Schinz
  
2292.000 CELOSIA L. 
  
2293.000 HERMBSTAEDTIA Rchb. 
  
2299.000 AMARANTHUS L. 
  
2307.000 SERICOREMA (Hook. f.) Lopr. 
Sericorema sericea (Schinz) Lopr.
Marcellia sericea (Schinz) C.B. Clarke
Sericocoma sericea Schinz
  
2309.000 KYPHOCARPA (Fenzl ex Endl.) Lopr. 
Kyphocarpa angustifolia (Moq.) Lopr.
Cyathula angustifolia Moq.
Kyphocarpa zeyheri sensu Lopr.
Kyphocarpa zeyheri Lopr. var. petersii (Lopr.) Schinz
Sericocoma angustifolia (Moq.) Hook. f.
Sericocoma hereroensis Suesseng. & Beyerle
  
2309.010 CENTEMOPSIS Schinz 
  
2312.000 CYATHULA Blume 
  
2313.000 LEUCOSPHAERA Gilg 
Leucosphaera bainesii (Hook. f.) Gilg
Leucosphaera pfeilii Gilg
Marcellia bainesii (Hook. f.) C.B. Clarke
Sericocoma bainesii Hook. f.
Sericocomopsis bainesii (Hook. f.) Schinz
  
2314.000 PUPALIA A. Juss. 
Pupalia lappacea (L.) A. Juss.
var. velutina (Moq.) Hook. f.
Achyranthes mollis Thonn.
Desmochaeta flavescens DC.
Pupalia distantiflora A. Rich.
Pupalia lappacea (L.) A. Juss. var. tomentosa (Peter) Suesseng.
Pupalia mollis (Thonn.) Moq.
Pupalia tomentosa Peter
Pupalia velutina Moq.
  
2317.000 AERVA Forssk. 
  
2318.000 NOTHOSAERVA Wight 
Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight
Achyranthes brachiata L.
Aerva brachiata (L.) Mart.
Illecebrum brachiatum (L.) L.
  
2324.000 PSILOTRICHUM Blume 
Psilotrichum scleranthum Thwaites
Psilotrichum africanum Oliv.
Psilotrichum concinnum Baker
Psilotrichum trichophyllum Baker
  
2328.000 ACHYRANTHES L. 
  
2328.010 PANDIAKA (Moq.) Hook. f. 
  
2330.010 GUILLEMINEA Kunth 
BRAYULINEA Small 
*Guilleminea densa (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Moq.
Brayulinea densa (Willd.) Small
  
2335.000 ALTERNANTHERA Forssk. 
  
2338.000 GOMPHRENA L. 
*Gomphrena celosioides Mart.
Gomphrena alba Peter
Gomphrena globosa L. subsp. africana Stuchlik

Copyright: The Angola flora team, 2026

The Angola flora team (2026). Flora of Angola: Checklist: Amaranthaceae].
https://www.angolaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-checklist.php?family_id=8, retrieved 14 October 2026

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