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Gomphrena
Gomphrena is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. They are known as the globe amaranths.
The genus includes 139 species, which are native to the Americas (southern United States to southern Argentina), western and central tropical Africa, Australia, and Japan and Taiwan.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Globe amaranth
speciesGomphrena globosa
Gomphrena Weed
speciesGomphrena serrata
prostrate globe-amaranth
speciesGomphrena celosioides
pearly globe amaranth
speciesGomphrena nitida
Gomphrena pulchella
speciesGomphrena pulchella
Sonoran globe amaranth
speciesGomphrena sonorae
Rio Grande Globe Amaranth
speciesGomphrena haageana
bachelors buttons
speciesGomphrena canescens
Gomphrena elegans
speciesGomphrena elegans
Tufted Globe Amaranth
speciesGomphrena caespitosa
Gomphrena perennis
speciesGomphrena perennis
Gomphrena arborescens
speciesGomphrena arborescens
Gomphrena meyeniana
speciesGomphrena meyeniana
Gomphrena cunninghamii
speciesGomphrena cunninghamii
Gomphrena Weed
speciesGomphrena flaccida
Gomphrena martiana
speciesGomphrena martiana
Gomphrena boliviana
speciesGomphrena boliviana
Gomphrena macrocephala
speciesGomphrena macrocephala
Gomphrena kanisii
speciesGomphrena kanisii
Nealley's Globe Amaranth
speciesGomphrena nealleyi
Gomphrena colosacana
speciesGomphrena colosacana
Gomphrena tomentosa
speciesGomphrena tomentosa
Gomphrena lanata
speciesGomphrena lanata
Gomphrena vaga
speciesGomphrena vaga
Gomphrena haenkeana
speciesGomphrena haenkeana
Gomphrena affinis
speciesGomphrena affinis
Gomphrena demissa
speciesGomphrena demissa
Gomphrena mendocina
speciesGomphrena mendocina
Gomphrena pumila
speciesGomphrena pumila
Gomphrena filaginoides
speciesGomphrena filaginoides
Gomphrena fuscipellita
speciesGomphrena fuscipellita
Gomphrena phaeotricha
speciesGomphrena phaeotricha
Gomphrena graminea
speciesGomphrena graminea
Gomphrena scapigera
speciesGomphrena scapigera
Gomphrena mollis
speciesGomphrena mollis
Gomphrena leptoclada
speciesGomphrena leptoclada
Gomphrena lanigera
speciesGomphrena lanigera
Gomphrena pringlei
speciesGomphrena pringlei
Gomphrena humilis
speciesGomphrena humilis
Gomphrena parviflora
speciesGomphrena parviflora
Gomphrena atrorubra
speciesGomphrena atrorubra
Gomphrena virgata
speciesGomphrena virgata
Gomphrena agrestis
speciesGomphrena agrestis
Gomphrena platycephala
speciesGomphrena platycephala
Gomphrena brachystylis
speciesGomphrena brachystylis
Gomphrena pohlii
speciesGomphrena pohlii
Gomphrena connata
speciesGomphrena connata
Gomphrena umbellata
speciesGomphrena umbellata
Gomphrena leontopodioides
speciesGomphrena leontopodioides
Gomphrena tenella
speciesGomphrena tenella
Gomphrena longistyla
speciesGomphrena longistyla
Gomphrena chrestoides
speciesGomphrena chrestoides
Gomphrena mandonii
speciesGomphrena mandonii
Gomphrena verecunda
speciesGomphrena verecunda
Gomphrena conica
speciesGomphrena conica
Gomphrena breviflora
speciesGomphrena breviflora
Gomphrena involucrata
speciesGomphrena involucrata
Gomphrena splendida
speciesGomphrena splendida
Gomphrena sellowiana
speciesGomphrena sellowiana
Gomphrena parviceps
speciesGomphrena parviceps
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
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Every page naming Gomphrena in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 128269.