2. Distribution: Plants Are very common in tropical and temperate region.It includes 72 genera and
900 species.
Habit: Plants are generally annual or perennial herbs or shrub.
Leaves: They are simple, alternate or opposite with unicostate reticulate venatation.
Inflorescence: It is terminal spike, head or panicle.
Flower :Flower are sessile, regular,bisexual or unisexual with dry thin memberaneous bracts and a
pair of persistent bracteoles.
Perianth: Perianth is uniseriate and consist of three to five dry memberanous,coloured,persistant
tepales which are polyphylous or gamophyllous.
Androecium: Stamens are as many as number of taples and arrange opposite to the tepales.
Gynoecium: Monocarpellary,syncarpus,superior with one to many ovalus on the basal
placentation,Syle is one,stigma is capitate.
Fruit: Nutlet,utricle
3. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERS
Leaves are simple exstipulate and alternate.
Inflorescence is spike or head .
Presence of persistent bracts.
Trilocular with superior ovary.
Fruit is utricle.
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5. CLASSIFICATION
Divison : Spermatophyta.
Sub Divison :Angiosperms.
Class :Dicotyledons
Sub class : Apetalae.
Series : Curvembryae.
Order : Chenopodiales.
Family :Amaryanthaceae
6. ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
Amaranthus blitium: It is commonly called Chaulai. It is cultivated for its young leaves used as
vegetable.
Amaranthus paniculata: It is commonly called Rajgira plant. It is commercially cultivated for its
seeds which are used by tribals. Seeds are best source of iron.
Achyranthus aspera: It is commonly called Aghada plant. The plant is common weed of weat
land.It is medicinal plant and use in the treatment of piles,cough,hydrophobia and insect bites.
