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... > Eukaryota > Viridiplantae > Streptophyta > Embryophyta > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllanae > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Amaranthus

Preferred term

Amaranthus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Amaranth Plant
  • Amaranth Plants
  • Plant, Amaranth
  • Plants, Amaranth

Note

  • entry term REDROOT PIGWEED: REDROOT see SANGUINARIA is also available; AMARANTH DYE is also available

Scope note

  • A plant genus, in the family AMARANTHACEAE, best known as a source of high-protein grain crops and of Red Dye No. 2 (AMARANTH DYE). Tumbleweed sometimes refers to Amaranthus but more often refers to SALSOLA.

History note

  • 2002

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D027721

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