SANBI Flora Keys - Classification of Amaranthaceae
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Interactive keys to the identification of seed plants of southern Africa using keys based on plant morphology.
  • Subfamily Amaranthoideae (Anthers 2-thecous);
    • Tribe Celesleae (Ovary pluriovulate; leaves alternate):
        • Celosia
        • Hermbstaedtia
    • Tribe Amarantheae (Ovary uniovulate; leaves alternate or opposite):
      • Subtribe Amaranthinae (Leaves alternate; seeds erect, radicle directed downwards):
        • Amaranthus
      • Subtribe Aervinae (Leaves mostly opposite; seeds pendulous, radicle directed upwards):
        • Achyranthes
        • Achyropsis
        • Aerva
        • Arthraerua
        • Calicorema
        • Centema
        • Centrostachys
        • Cyathula
        • Kyphocarpa
        • Leucosphaera
        • Marcelliopsis
        • Nelsia
        • Nothosaerva
        • Pandiaka
        • Psilotrichum
        • Pupalia
        • Sericocoma
        • Sericorema
  • Subfamily Gomphrenoideae (Anthers 1-thecous):
    • Tribe Gomphreneae (Ovary uniovulate; leaves opposite):
      • Subtribe Froelichinae (Stigma capitate or shortly bilobed):
        • * Alternanthera
        • * Guilleminea
      • Subtribe Gomphreninae (Stigmas 2(3)):
        • * Gomphrena