Amaranthus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q156344
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Amaranthus

Summary

Amaranthus is a taxon[1]. Amaranthus ranks in the top 0.17% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,087 views/month, #326 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Amaranthus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Amaranthus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Amaranthus is classified within Amaranthoideae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Amaranthus is Amaranthus[6].
  • Amaranthus is used for leaf vegetable[7].
  • Amaranthus's Commons category is recorded as Amaranthus[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Amaranthus is Amaranthus caudatus[9].
  • Amaranthus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Amaranthus[10].
  • Amaranthus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[11].
  • Amaranthus's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[12].
  • Amaranthus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Amaranthus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon[14].
  • Amaranthus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • Amaranthus's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[16].
  • Amaranthus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Amaranthus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • Amaranthus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(2)[19].
  • Amaranthus's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[20].
  • Amaranthus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • Amaranthus's described by source is recorded as Q12049440[22].
  • Amaranthus's taxon synonym is recorded as Mengea[23].
  • Amaranthus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=484[24].
  • Amaranthus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pigweed'}[25].
  • Amaranthus is commonly known as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Qaratərə'}[26].
  • Amaranthus is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'laskavec'}[27].

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Classification

Amaranthus's scientific name is Amaranthus[6]. Amaranthus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Amaranthus is classified within Amaranthoideae[5]. The taxonomic type of Amaranthus is Amaranthus caudatus[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pigweed'}[25], {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Qaratərə'}[26], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'laskavec'}[27], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Amarant'}[28], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Amaranth'}[29], and {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Amarantos'}[30].

Identifiers

Amaranthus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52326[31]. Amaranthus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3564[32]. Amaranthus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 37601[33]. Amaranthus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3085074[34]. Amaranthus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 20715[35].

Why It Matters

Amaranthus ranks in the top 0.17% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,087 views/month, #326 of 195,241).[2] Amaranthus has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Amaranthus is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [33] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [34] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use leaf vegetable
    Instance of taxon
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Topic's main category Category:Amaranthus
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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