View source for Amaranthus sect. Acanthochiton

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|accepted_name=Amaranthus sect. Acanthochiton
|accepted_authority=(Torrey) Mosyakin & K. R. Robertson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ann. Bot. F enn.
|place=33: 277. 1996
|year=1996
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Undefined sect. Acanthochiton
|authority=Torrey
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Amaranthaceae;Amaranthus;Amaranthus subg. Acnida;Amaranthus sect. Acanthochiton
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Amaranthaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Amaranthus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Amaranthus subg. Acnida]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Amaranthus sect. Acanthochiton]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 419
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual, glabrous or glabrescent. <b>Bracts</b> of pistillate flowers leaflike, deltate or rhombic-deltate, very broad, margins crispate and denticulate. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: tepals 5, outer tepals linear to narrowly lanceolate, inner tepals spatulate to fan-shaped. <b>Utricles</b> dehiscence circumscissile.</span><!--

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|distribution=sw North America.
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
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name=Amaranthus sect. Acanthochiton
|author=
|authority=(Torrey) Mosyakin & K. R. Robertson
|rank=section
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Undefined sect. Acanthochiton
|family=Amaranthaceae
|distribution=sw North America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Ann. Bot. F enn.
|publication year=1996
|special status=
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|genus=Amaranthus
|subgenus=Amaranthus subg. Acnida
|section=Amaranthus sect. Acanthochiton
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