Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

AMARANTHUS (G, skr)

Family: AMARANTHACEAE (= CEHENOPODIACEAE)

a-, an-, = denotes privative, negative;
a-, = without, not, -less, un-;
mar-, mor-,= die;
maraino, = to die away, waste away, languish.
marainein, = to wither, decay.
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(everlasting)
(refers to lasting quality of the flowers)
(Ox, ld, LS, Le)

Amaranthus hybridus hybridus (La)

Location: (K)

hibrida, hybrida, = (produced from two different species) a mongrel, hybrid.
(ld)

Amaranthus thunbergii (La)

Location: (P)

For Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828),** Swedish botanist and physician who travelled as surgeon with ships of the Dutch East India Company and did extensive botanical exploration in southern Africa and Japan. He was a student of Linnaeus.
(Ch)

Amaranthus viridis (La)

Location: (K)

vireō, = to be green or verdant; to be fresh, vigorous or lively; to flourish, bloom;
-idus, = indicates a state or an action in progress (-ish’).
viridis, viride, = green.
(ld, BL)