Family: Amaranthaceae
Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Family Parent: Caryophyllales Status: Valid
Common Names:
- Amaranth Family - English, United States of America
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Primarily lianas and prostrate herbs, some subshrubs.
Leaves: Leaves simple, mostly opposite, entire, only two genera in our region alternate.
Reproductive Morphology
Fruit: Fruit utricle.
Infructescence: Infructescence with numerous tiny bracts.
Other
Uses: Several species are edible.