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Early History of Crop Introductions into India: II. Amaranthus (L.) spp.


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Amaranthus is a cosmopolitan genus of annual or short-lived perennial species. Approximately 60 to 70 species have been described. They show a wide variety of morphological diversity among and even within certain species, for this reason, the genus has been considered difficult.
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Anurudh K. Singh
2924, Sector-23, Gurugram 122 017, Haryana, India

Abstract


Amaranthus is a cosmopolitan genus of annual or short-lived perennial species. Approximately 60 to 70 species have been described. They show a wide variety of morphological diversity among and even within certain species, for this reason, the genus has been considered difficult.

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