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Amaranthus sect. Acanthochiton
Ann. Bot. F enn. 33: 277. 1996.
Basionym: Undefined sect. Acanthochiton Torrey in L. Sitgreaves, Rep. Exped. Zuni Colorado Rivers, 170. 1853
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 419.
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Plants annual, glabrous or glabrescent. Bracts of pistillate flowers leaflike, deltate or rhombic-deltate, very broad, margins crispate and denticulate. Pistillate flowers: tepals 5, outer tepals linear to narrowly lanceolate, inner tepals spatulate to fan-shaped. Utricles dehiscence circumscissile.
Distribution
sw North America
Discussion
Species 1.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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dehiscence +
mucronulate;emarginate;obtuse;emarginate;obtuse;acute +
persistent +
absent +
compound +
arranged +
sw North America +
peripheral +
annular +
alternating +
distinct +
pistillate +
not keeled +
hypogynous +
unisexual +
cluster +
arranged +
spatulate;fan-shaped +
petiolate +
alternate +
undulate-erose +
larger +
superior +
spicate +
well-developed +
surrounding +
absent +
rudimentary +
modified +
absent +
Ann. Bot. F enn. +
1996 +
reticulate +
puncticulate +
shiny +
well-developed +
absent +
3;5 +
not fleshy +
2;3 +
slender +
absent +
Amaranthus sect. Acanthochiton +
Amaranthus subg. Acnida +
section +
distinct +
absent +
subequal +
equal +
simple +
circumscissile +
glabrous +
membranaceous +
thin +
annual +
dioecious +