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IUCN Red List DD - Data Deficient LC - Least Concern LR/lc - Least Concern NT - Near Threatened LR/nt - Near Threatened LR/cd - Conservation Dependent VU - Vulnerable EN - Endangered CR - Critically Endangered EW - Extinct in the Wild EX - Extinct

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Achyranthes bidentata Blume

Nui Xi

Amaranthaceae 3 3 Observations

Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.

Alligator-weed

Amaranthaceae 245 178 Observations

Amaranthus albus L.

Stiff tumbleweed

Amaranthaceae 278 216 Observations

Amaranthus blitoides S.Watson

Mat amaranth

Amaranthaceae 226 143 Observations

Amaranthus blitum L.

Purple amaranth

Amaranthaceae 1,165 948 Observations

Amaranthus caudatus L.

Inca-wheat

Amaranthaceae 1,957 1,681 Observations

Amaranthus cruentus L.

Indian-spinach

Amaranthaceae 480 398 Observations

Amaranthus deflexus L.

Argentine amaranth

Amaranthaceae 938 670 Observations

Amaranthus hybridus L.

Green amaranth

Amaranthaceae 717 514 Observations

Amaranthus retroflexus L.

Reflexed amaranth

Amaranthaceae 4,883 3,639 Observations

Amaranthus spinosus L.

Thorny amaranth

Amaranthaceae 814 668 Observations

Amaranthus tricolor L.

Chinese amaranth

Amaranthaceae 454 414 Observations

Atriplex littoralis L.

Narrow-leaf atriplex

Amaranthaceae 145 83 Observations

Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC.

Fat-hen

Amaranthaceae 814 486 Observations

Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J.Scott

Mexican firebrush

Amaranthaceae 51 44 Observations

Blutaparon vermiculare (L.) Mears

Samphire

Amaranthaceae 53 25 Observations

Celosia argentea L.

Silver Cockscomb

Amaranthaceae 6,064 5,251 Observations

Chenopodiastrum hybridum (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

Sowbane

Amaranthaceae 269 182 Observations

Chenopodium album L.

Lambs quarters

Amaranthaceae 9,679 7,629 Observations

Chenopodium ficifolium Sm.

Fig-leaf goosefoot

Amaranthaceae 290 223 Observations

Chenopodium giganteum D.Don

Tree Spinach

Amaranthaceae 148 116 Observations

Dysphania pumilio (R.Br.) Mosyakin & Clemants

Clammy goosefoot

Amaranthaceae 128 74 Observations

Froelichia gracilis (Hook.) Moq.

Slender snake-cotton

Amaranthaceae 31 24 Observations

Gomphrena globosa L.

Bachelor's-button

Amaranthaceae 1,701 1,406 Observations

Oxybasis glauca (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

Oakleaf goosefoot

Amaranthaceae 116 63 Observations