Amaranthus cruentus
Amacr Amaranthaceae

Amaranthus cruentus

Amaranthaceae Family
Taxonomic Classification
Kingdom Plantae Family Amaranthaceae
PlantGIR · v1.0
Genome & Ploidy
Polyploidy History (PhyloWGD)
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Species Notes
Description
Amaranthus cruentus is a flowering plant species that is native from Central Mexico to Nicaragua. It yields a nutritious staple amaranth grain, being one of three Amaranthus species cultivated as a grain source, the other two being Amaranthus hypochondriacus and Amaranthus caudatus. It has several common names, including blood amaranth, red amaranth, purple amaranth, prince's feather, and Mexican grain amaranth.
Data source
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© Wikimedia Commons — Amaranthus cruentus
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Protein sequences
FASTA (.pep) — amino acid sequences for all annotated genes
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Coding sequences
FASTA (.cds) — nucleotide CDS for Ka/Ks analysis
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