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Difference between revisions of "Amaranthus sect. Acnida"
Ann. Bot. Fenn. 33: 277. 1996.
Basionym: Undefined sect. Acnida Linnaeus Sp. Pl.,Gen. Pl. ed. 2: 1027. 1753,5, 452. 1754
Synonyms: Acnida sect. Acnidastrum Moquin-Tandon Acnida sect. Montelia Moquin-Tandon
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Revision as of 22:26, 16 December 2019
Plants annual, glabrous. Bracts not enfolding flower, not leaflike, narrowly elliptic to subulate-linear, margins entire, plane (or in some species indistinctly undulate). Pistillate flowers: tepals absent or 1–2, reduced-linear or linear-lanceolate. Utricles usually indehiscent (dehiscent in some forms of A. tuberculatus).
Distribution
North America, Mexico, West Indies, South America.
Discussion
Species 4 (4 in the flora).
Selected References
None.