Family – Amaranthaceae – 15 genera in Sri Lanka. Mostly edible herbs.
9.01. ACHYRANTHES L.
A.aspera L. S:gas-karal-heba, wel-karal-sebo T:nayururi
A.bidentata Blume
A.diandra Roxb.
9.02. AERVA Forssk.
A.javanica (Burm. f.) Juss. ex Schult. S:pol-kudu-pala, pol-pala T.sirm-pulai
A.lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. S.pol-kudu-pala, pol-pala
9.03. ALLMANIA R. Br. ex Wight
A.nodiflora (L.) R. Br. ex Wight S:kumatiya
9.04. ALTERNANTHERA Forssk.
A.bettzickiana (Regel) Voss*
A.paronychioides St. Hil.
A.pungens Kunth
A.sessilis (L.) DC. [Alternanthera triandra Lam.] S:mukunu-wenna T:ponankani
9.05. AMARANTHUS L.
A.caudatus L. E:love-lies-bleeding S:rana-tampala
A.dubius Mart. S:tampala
A.graecizans L. T:araikkirai subsp. graecizans subsp. silvestris (Vill.) Brenan subsp. thellungianus (Nevski) Gusev Traraikkirai
A.hybridus L. subsp. hybridus [Amaranthus frumentaceus Buch.-Ham.] var. erythrostachys Moq. [Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.] E:Prince of Wale’s feather S:rana-tampala var. hybridus L.
A.lividus L. subsp. lividus [Amaranthus oleraceus L.] S:tampala subsp. polygonoides (Moq.) Probst
A.spinosus L. S:katu-kera, katu-tampala T:mudkirai
A.tricolor L. [Amaranthus gangeticus L.] [Amaranthus mangostanus L.] S: sudu-tampala, tampala T:araikkirai,chirukirai
A.viridis L. S:kura-tampala T:araikkirai
9.06. CELOSIA L.
C.argentea L. S:kiri-henda
C.polygonoides Retz.
C.pulchella Moq.
9.07. CENTROSTACHYS Wall.
C.aquatica (R. Br.) Wall, ex Moq. [Achyranthes aquatica R. Br.]
9.08. CYATHULA Blume
C.ceylanica Hook. f.
C.prostrata (L.) Blume S:bin-karal-heba, bin-karal-sebo
9.09. DIGERA Forssk.
D.muricata (L.) Mart. [Digera arvensis Forssk.] T:toggil
9.10. GOMPHRENA L.
G.celosioides Mart.
G.globosaL* E:globe amaranth S:raja-pohottu
G.haageana Klotzsch*
9.11. IRESINE P. Browne
l.herbstii Hook, ex Lindley*
9.12. NOTHOSAERVA Wight
N.brachiata (L.) Wight S:tampala Txhirupilai
9.13. PSILOTRICHUM Blume
P.elliotii Baker [Psilotrichum calceolatum Moq.)
P.scleranthum Thw.
9.14. PUPALIA Juss.
P.lappacea (L.) Juss. [Pupalia atropurpurea (Lam.) Moq.] S:\vel-karal-heba var. lappacea var. orbiculata (Heyne ex Wall.) C. C. Townsend [Pupalia orbiculata (Heyne ex Wall.) Wight] Trkummidil, pichu-kodiya
9.15. TRICHURUS C. C. Townsend
T.monsoniae (L. f.) C. C. Townsend [Aerva monsoniae (Retz.) Mart.
Reference – A CHECK LIST OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS; Lilani Kumudini Senaratna, B.Sc. (Colombo) M.Phil. (OUSL), Department of Botany, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda. Published by National Science Foundation 47/5, Maitland, Place Colombo 7 SRI LANKA
