Amaranthus blitoides S. Watson
(Prostrate Pigweed)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Amaranthus blitoides (Prostrate Pigweed)
Genus	Amaranthus (amaranths, pigweeds)
Family	AMARANTHACEAE (goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)
Order	CARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Amaranthus blitoides is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Caryophyllales)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Easy, G.M.S.	1979	Amaranthus species in Cambridgeshire: a preliminary examination	BSBI News Vol 22: 17-20.

Amaranthus blitoides (Prostrate Pigweed) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Amaranthus
(amaranths, pigweeds)

AMARANTHACEAE
(goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Amaranthus blitoides (Prostrate Pigweed)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Amaranthus blitoides (Prostrate Pigweed)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Amaranthus blitoides is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)