{{short description|Genus of Amaranthaceae plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image =Axyris amaranthoides - Norman Criddle 1906.png |image_caption =''Axyris amaranthoides'' botanical illustration |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Axyris |authority = L.<ref>Sp. Pl.: 979 (1753)</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms = *''Diotis'' <small>Schreb.</small> *''Eurotia'' <small>Adans.</small> *''Gueldenstaedtia'' <small>Neck.</small> }}
'''''Axyris''''', the '''Russian pigweeds''', are a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family Amaranthaceae, native to temperate parts of Eastern Europe and Asia. The center of genetic diversity is the Altai to northern Tien-Shan mountains.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.3372/wi.41.41108 |title=''Axyris'' (Chenopodiaceaes s.str. or Amaranthaceaes s.l.) in the Himalayas and Tibet |year=2011 |last1=Sukhorukov |first1=Alexander P. |s2cid=83822100 |journal=Willdenowia |volume=41 |pages=75–82 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The best known species is ''Axyris amaranthoides'', which has become a widespread invasive in northern North America.
==Species== Currently accepted species include:
*''Axyris amaranthoides'' <small>L.</small> *''Axyris caucasica'' <small>(Sommier & Levier) Lipsky</small> *''Axyris hybrida'' <small>L.</small> *''Axyris koreana'' <small>Nakai</small> *''Axyris mira'' <small>Sukhor.</small> *''Axyris prostrata'' <small>L.</small> *''Axyris sphaerosperma'' <small>Fisch. & C.A.Mey.</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Chenopodioideae Category:Amaranthaceae genera