''Blutaparon'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the family

Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...

. They are coastal plants that occur in the

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and

subtropics The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics. Geographically part of the temperate zones of both hemispheres, they cover the middle latitudes from to approximately 35° north and ...

in the Americas, Asia, and western Africa.''Blutaparon''.
Flora of North America. Plants of this genus were long known as ''Philoxerus'', a similar Australian genus. These are annual or perennial herbs with stems that extend along the ground. They have fleshy, alternately arranged leaves and rounded or cylindrical flower heads at the tips of the stems. There were four species:''Blutaparon''.
The Plant List. *'' Blutaparon portulacoides'' *''

Blutaparon rigidum ''Blutaparon rigidum'', sometimes known as the Galapagos amaranth, was a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It was endemic to the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatu ...

'', extinct *'' Blutaparon vermiculare'', Central America, south-eastern North America *'' Blutaparon wrightii''

References

External links

GRIN Species Records of ''Blutaparon''.
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae genera Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Amaranthaceae-stub