Checklist: Amaranthaceae

AMARANTHACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are either purely cultivated or which are wild species which do not occur in Botswana have been excluded.

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CHENOPODIACEAE
Literature:
Brenan, J.P.M. (1988) Chenopodiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1)
Townsend, C.C. (1988) Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1)

Names	FZ Divisions

NELSIA Schinz
Nelsia quadrangula (Engl.) Schinz	N,SW,SE

SUAEDA Forssk. ex Scop.
Suaeda articulata Aellen	SW
Suaeda merxmuelleri Aellen	N,SE
Suaeda plumosa Aellen
Suaeda vermiculata Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.

2223.000 CHENOPODIUM L.
*Chenopodium album L.	SE
Chenopodium ambrosioides L.	N,SW,SE
*Chenopodium carinatum R. Br.	SE
Chenopodium glaucum L.
Chenopodium hederiforme (Murr) Aellen	N,SW,SE
Chenopodium murale L.	N
Chenopodium olukondae (Murr) Murr	SE
Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex Koch & Ziz.
Chenopodium phillipsianum Aellen
Chenopodium schraderianum Schultz.	SW
Chenopodium foetidum Schrad.

2229.000 ATRIPLEX L.
Atriplex semibaccata R. Br.
Atriplex suberecta I. Verd.	?
Atriplex muelleri sensu Aellen non Benth.

2269.000 SALSOLA L.
Salsola albida Botsch.
Salsola aphylla L. f.
Salsola etoshensis Botsch.
Salsola glabrescens Burtt Davy
Salsola kali L.
Salsola namaqualandica Botsch.
Salsola rabieana C.A. Sm.	SW,SE
Salsola tuberculata Fenzl ex Moq.

2292.000 CELOSIA L.
Celosia trigyna L.	N
Celosia digyna Suess.

2293.000 HERMBSTAEDTIA Rchb.
Hermbstaedtia fleckii (Schinz) Baker & C.B. Clarke	N,SW,SE
Celosia fleckii Schinz
Hermbstaedtia linearis Schinz	N,SW,SE
Celosia linearis (Schinz) Schinz
Hermbstaedtia odorata (Burch.) T. Cooke
var. albi-rosea Suess.	N,SW,SE
Hermbstaedtia elegans Moq.
Hermbstaedtia odorata (Burch.) T. Cooke
var. aurantiaca (Suess.) Towns.
Hermbstaedtia scabra Schinz	N
Celosia scabra (Schinz) Schinz
Hermbstaedtia schaeferi (Schinz) Schinz & Dinter

2299.000 AMARANTHUS L.
Amaranthus dinteri Schinz	N,SW
Amaranthus graecizans L.
subsp. graecizans
Amaranthus hybridus L.
subsp. hybridus	SE
Amaranthus hybridus L.
subsp. cruentus (L.) Thell.	N
subsp. incurvatus sensu Brenan
*Amaranthus hybridus L.	N,SE
Amaranthus praetermissus Brenan	N,SW,SE
Amaranthus angustifolius sensu Adamson in Journal of S. Afr. Bot. 47: 478 (1978) pp. non Lam.
Amaranthus schinzianus sensu Suess. & Podlec in Merxm. Prod. Fl. SW. Afr. 33: 8 (1936) pp. non Thell.s.u
Amaranthus thunbergiii sensu Suess. & Podlech in Merxm., loc. cit.: 8 (1936) pp. non Moq.
Amaranthus schinzianus Thell.
Amaranthus spinosus L.	N,SE
Amaranthus thunbergii Moq.	N,SW,SE
Amaranthus viridis L.

2307.000 SERICOREMA (Hook. f.) Lopr.
Sericorema remotiflora (Hook. f.) Lopr.	N,SW,SE
Pupalia remotiflora (Hook.) Moq.
Sericocoma remotiflora (Hook.) Hook. f.
Trichinium remotiflorum Hook.
Sericorema sericea (Schinz) Lopr.	N,SW,SE
Marcellia sericea (Schinz) C.B. Clarke
Sericocoma sericea Schinz

2309.000 KYPHOCARPA (Fenzl ex Endl.) Lopr.
Kyphocarpa angustifolia (Moq.) Lopr.	N,SW,SE
Cyathula angustifolia Moq.
Kyphocarpa zeyheri sensu Lopr.
Kyphocarpa zeyheri Lopr. var. petersii (Lopr.) Schinz
Sericocoma angustifolia (Moq.) Hook. f.
Sericocoma hereroensis Suesseng. & Beyerle
Kyphocarpa cruciata (Schinz) Schinz

2312.000 CYATHULA Blume
Cyathula lanceolata Schinz	N,SE
Cyathula crispa Schinz
Cyathula deserti (N.E. Br.) Suesseng.
Cyathula hereroensis Schinz
Cyathula merkeri Gilg
Pandiaka deserti N.E. Br.
Pandiaka lanceolata (Schinz) C.B. Clarke
Pandiaka wildii Suesseng.
Sericocomopsis lanceolata (Schinz) Peter
Cyathula orthacantha (Hochst. ex Asch.) Schinz	N,SE
Cyathula kilimandscharica Suesseng. & Beyerle
Cyathula orthacanthoides Suesseng.
Kyphocarpa orthacantha (Hochst. ex Aschers.) C.B. Clarke
Pupalia erecta Suesseng.
Pupalia orthacantha Hochst. ex Aschers.
Sericocomopsis orthacantha (Hochst. ex Aschers.) Peter

2313.000 LEUCOSPHAERA Gilg
Leucosphaera bainesii (Hook. f.) Gilg	N,SW,SE
Leucosphaera pfeilii Gilg
Marcellia bainesii (Hook. f.) C.B. Clarke
Sericocoma bainesii Hook. f.
Sericocomopsis bainesii (Hook. f.) Schinz

2314.000 PUPALIA A. Juss.
Pupalia lappacea (L.) A. Juss.
var. velutina (Moq.) Hook. f.	N,SW,SE
Achyranthes mollis Thonn.
Desmochaeta flavescens DC.
Pupalia distantiflora A. Rich.
Pupalia lappacea (L.) A. Juss. var. tomentosa (Peter) Suesseng.
Pupalia mollis (Thonn.) Moq.
Pupalia tomentosa Peter
Pupalia velutina Moq.
Pupalia lappacea (L.) A. Juss.
var. lappacea
Pupalia micrantha Hauman	N
Cyathula prostrata (Linn.) Blume var. grandiflora Suesseng.
Pupalia psilotrichoides Suesseng.

2317.000 AERVA Forssk.
Aerva javanica (Burm. f.) Juss. ex J.A. Schult.	N,SW,SE
Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult.
Achyranthes lanata L.
Aerva mozambicensis Gandoger
Aerva leucura Moq.	N,SW,SE
Aerva ambigua Moq.
Aerva edulis Suess.
Aerva leucura Moq. var. lanatoides Suess.

2328.000 ACHYRANTHES L.
Achyranthes aspera L.
var. pubescens (Moq.) C.C. Towns.	N,SE
Achyranthes aspera L.
var. sicula L.	N,SW,SE
Achyranthes aspera L.
var. aspera

2328.020 ACHYROPSIS (Moq.) Hook. f.
Achyropsis leptostachya (E. Mey. ex Meisn.) Baker & C.B. Clarke	SE
Achyranthes leptostachya E. Mey. ex Meisn.
Achyropsis alba Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Moq.
Psilotrichum densiflorum Lopr.

2328.030 CENTROSTACHYS Wall.
Centrostachys aquatica (R. Br.) Wall. ex Moq.	?
Achyranthes aquatica R. Br.

2330.010 GUILLEMINEA Kunth
BRAYULINEA Small
*Guilleminea densa (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Moq.	N,SW,SE
Brayulinea densa (Willd.) Small

2335.000 ALTERNANTHERA Forssk.
*Alternanthera caracasana Kunth	SE
Alternanthera peploides (Schult.) Britton
Alternanthera nodiflora R. Br.	N,SE
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC. var. nodiflora (R. Br.) Kuntze
*Alternanthera pungens Kunth	N,SE
Alternanthera echinata Sm.
Alternanthera repens (L.) Link
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.	N,SE
Alternanthera repens Gmel.
Gomphrena sessilis L.
Illecebrum sessile (L.) L.

2338.000 GOMPHRENA L.
*Gomphrena celosioides Mart.	N,SE
Gomphrena alba Peter
Gomphrena globosa L. subsp. africana Stuchlik