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n. - Cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs.

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  • Perhaps Silverbeet needs a better PR agent - Spinach has become the darling of the Amaranthaceae family especially in it's baby form.
  • Members of the genus Amaranthus (family Amaranthaceae) are widely distributed throughout the world's tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions.
  • Mesembrianthemum cristallinum (Aizoaceae) y Amaranthus reflexus (Amaranthaceae), nuevos registros para la flora de las Islas San Félix (Islas Desventuradas).
  • (Amaranthaceae) grow adjacent to the ocean, anchoring themselves with dense tangles of rhizomes, which forms the first few meters of the substratum of the small islands.
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