AMARANTHACEAE
(goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Amaranthus
amaranths, pigweeds
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 		Genus 10 subtaxa 24 images 13 ident. refs
Atriplex
oraches
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 		Genus 14 subtaxa 183 images 13 ident. refs
Beta
beets
Genus 2 subtaxa 6 images
Beta vulgaris
Beet
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 		Species 2 subtaxa 6 images
Chenopodium
goosefoots
Plant (Click to open)
 		Genus 5 subtaxa 206 images 2 ident. refs
Salicornia
glassworts
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 49 images 2 ident. refs
Salsola
a genus of flowering plants
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 8 images
Sarcocornia perennis
Perennial Glasswort
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 		Species 37 images 1 ident. refs
Suaeda
a genus of flowering plants
Plant (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 46 images
[’Chenopodiaceae’]
the old Chenopodiaceae
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 		Informal 33 subtaxa 535 images 36 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyAMARANTHACEAE (goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Rand, M. 2010 A guide to pigweeds, goosefoots, oraches and their relatives in Hampshire: the family Amaranthaceae (formerly Amaranthaceae and Chenopodiaceae). http://hantsplants.org.uk/articles.php

AMARANTHACEAE (goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for AMARANTHACEAE (goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 257 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for AMARANTHACEAE (goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)
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