Juss. true <p>herbs or shrubs, often ±succulent</p> revonhäntäkasvit <p>2000 spp. in the family, the subfamily Amaranthoideae with its 750 spp. is the main tropical constituent of the family.</p> <p>2000 spp. in the family, the subfamily Amaranthoideae with its 750 spp. is the main tropical constituent of the family.</p> 1635411061 <p>Amaranthaceae is cosmopolitan, Amaranthoideae pantropical-subtropical</p> <p>For Amaranthoideae: </p><p>Inflorescence spike, head or panicle. Flowers sessile, with dry and membranous bracts and a pair of persistent bracteoles. Usually 3-5 coloured, dry and membranous persistent tepals. Stamens are usually as many as tepals, opposite to them. Filaments basally connate and often there are staminodal structures between them.</p> <p>Simple, entire margin, alternate or opposite.</p> <p>Amaranthoideae:</p><p>The inflorescence (spike, head or panicle) includes numerous small flowers with coloured tepals. Stamens are basally fused and there are often staminode-like structures in between the stamens. The fruit is usually an achene, or a circumscissile capsule, and it may be surrounded by spines and hooks.</p> <p>Simple, entire margin, alternate or opposite.</p> amarantväxter <p>For Amaranthoideae: </p><p>Inflorescence spike, head or panicle. Flowers sessile, with dry and membranous bracts and a pair of persistent bracteoles. Usually 3-5 coloured, dry and membranous persistent tepals. Stamens are usually as many as tepals, opposite to them. Filaments basally connate and often there are staminodal structures between them.</p> 2 <p>herbs or shrubs, often ±succulent</p> <p>Amaranthaceae is cosmopolitan, Amaranthoideae pantropical-subtropical</p> <p>Amaranthoideae:</p><p>The inflorescence (spike, head or panicle) includes numerous small flowers with coloured tepals. Stamens are basally fused and there are often staminode-like structures in between the stamens. The fruit is usually an achene, or a circumscissile capsule, and it may be surrounded by spines and hooks.</p> Amaranthaceae