{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Starr_020304-9001_Gomphrena_globosa.jpg |image_caption = ''Gomphrena globosa'' |taxon = Gomphrena |authority = L. (1753) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 139; see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327332-2 ''Gomphrena'' L.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 3 April 2024.</ref> |synonyms = *''Amaranthoides'' {{small|Mill. (1754)}} *''Blutaparon'' {{small|Raf. (1838)}} *''Bragantia'' {{small|Vand. (1771)}} *''Caraxeron'' {{small|Vaill. ex Raf. (1837), nom. superfl.}} *''Chlamyphorus'' {{small|Klatt (1889)}} *''Chnoanthus'' {{small|Phil. (1862)}} *''Coluppa'' {{small|Adans. (1763)}} *''Lithophila'' {{small|Sw. (1788)}} *''Litophila'' {{small|Sw. (1788), orth. var.}} *''Ninanga'' {{small|Raf. (1837), nom. illeg.}} *''Philoxerus'' {{small|R.Br. (1810)}} *''Pseudogomphrena'' {{small|R.E.Fr. (1921)}} *''Schultesia'' {{small|Schrad. (1821)}} *''Sedinha'' {{small|Mure (1849)}} *''Wadapus'' {{small|Raf. (1837)}} *''Xeraea'' {{small|L. ex Kuntze (1891)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }} thumb|''Gomphrena haageana'' Klotzsch, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan.
'''''Gomphrena'''''<ref>{{ITIS |id=20802 |taxon=''Gomphrena''}}</ref><ref>[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GOMPH ''Gomphrena''] at [https://plants.usda.gov/ USDA PLANTS Database]</ref> 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.<ref name = powo/>
==Species== 139 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> * ''Gomphrena affinis'' {{small|F.Muell. ex Benth.}} * ''Gomphrena agrestis'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena anti-lethargica'' {{small|Silveira}} * ''Gomphrena arborescens'' {{small|L.f.}} * ''Gomphrena arida'' {{small|J.Palmer}} * ''Gomphrena atrorubra'' {{small|J.Palmer}} * ''Gomphrena axillaris'' {{small|R.W.Davis & J.Palmer}} * ''Gomphrena basilanata'' {{small|Suess.}} * ''Gomphrena bicolor'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena boliviana'' {{small|Moq.}} * ''Gomphrena brachystylis'' {{small|F.Muell.}} * ''Gomphrena breviflora'' {{small|F.Muell.}} * ''Gomphrena brittonii'' {{small|(Standl.) T.Ortuño & Borsch}} * ''Gomphrena caespitosa'' {{small|Torr.}} * ''Gomphrena canescens'' {{small|R.Br.}} * ''Gomphrena cardenasii'' {{small|Standl. ex E.Holzh.}} * ''Gomphrena celosioides'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena centrota'' {{small|E.Holzh.}} * ''Gomphrena chrestoides'' {{small|C.C.Towns.}} * ''Gomphrena cladotrichoides'' {{small|Suess.}} * ''Gomphrena claussenii'' {{small|Moq.}} * ''Gomphrena colosacana'' {{small|Hunz. & Subils}} * ''Gomphrena conferta'' {{small|Benth.}} * ''Gomphrena conica'' {{small|(R.Br.) Spreng.}} * ''Gomphrena connata'' {{small|J.Palmer}} * ''Gomphrena cucullata'' {{small|J.Palmer}} * ''Gomphrena cunninghamii'' {{small|(Moq.) Druce}} * ''Gomphrena debilis'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena decipiens'' {{small|Seub.}} * ''Gomphrena demissa'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena desertorum'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena diffusa'' {{small|(R.Br.) Spreng.}} * ''Gomphrena discolor'' {{small|R.E.Fr.}} * ''Gomphrena duriuscula'' {{small|Moq.}} * ''Gomphrena eichleri'' {{small|J.Palmer}} * ''Gomphrena elegans'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena equisetiformis'' {{small|R.E.Fr.}} * ''Gomphrena eriophylla'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena ferruginea'' {{small|Pedersen}} * ''Gomphrena filaginoides'' {{small|M.Martens & Galeotti}} * ''Gomphrena flaccida'' {{small|R.Br.}} * ''Gomphrena floribunda'' {{small|J.Palmer}} * ''Gomphrena fuscipellita'' {{small|T.Ortuño & Borsch}} * ''Gomphrena gardneri'' {{small|Moq.}} * ''Gomphrena globosa'' {{small|L.}} — Globe amaranth * ''Gomphrena graminea'' {{small|Moq.}} * ''Gomphrena guaranitica'' {{small|Chodat}} * ''Gomphrena haageana'' {{small|Klotsch}} — Strawberry globe amaranth * ''Gomphrena haenkeana'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena hatschbachiana'' {{small|Pedersen}} * ''Gomphrena hermogenesii'' {{small|J.C.Siqueira}} * ''Gomphrena hillii'' {{small|Suess.}} * ''Gomphrena humifusa'' {{small|J.Palmer}} * ''Gomphrena humilis'' {{small|R.Br.}} * ''Gomphrena incana'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena involucrata'' {{small|Ewart}} * ''Gomphrena kanisii'' {{small|J.Palmer}} * ''Gomphrena lacinulata'' {{small|J.Palmer}} * ''Gomphrena lanata'' {{small|R.Br.}} * ''Gomphrena lanigera'' {{small|Pohl ex Moq.}} * ''Gomphrena leontopodioides'' {{small|Domin}} * ''Gomphrena leptoclada'' {{small|Benth.}} * ''Gomphrena leptophylla'' {{small|(Benth.) J.Palmer}} * ''Gomphrena leucocephala'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena longistyla'' {{small|R.W.Davis, J.Palmer & T.Hammer}} * ''Gomphrena macrocephala'' {{small|A.St.-Hil.}} * ''Gomphrena macrorhiza'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena magentitepala'' {{small|J.Palmer}} * ''Gomphrena mandonii'' {{small|R.E.Fr.}} * ''Gomphrena marginata'' {{small|Seub.}} * ''Gomphrena martiana'' {{small|Gillies ex Moq.}} * ''Gomphrena matogrossensis'' {{small|Suess.}} * ''Gomphrena mendocina'' {{small|(Phil.) R.E.Fr.}} * ''Gomphrena meyeniana'' {{small|Walp.}} * ''Gomphrena microcephala'' {{small|Moq.}} * ''Gomphrena mizqueensis'' {{small|T.Ortuño & Borsch}} * ''Gomphrena mollis'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena moquinii'' {{small|Seub.}} * ''Gomphrena muscoides'' {{small|(Sw.) T.Ortuño & Borsch}} * ''Gomphrena nealleyi'' {{small|J.M.Coult. & Fisher}} * ''Gomphrena nigricans'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena nitida'' {{small|Rothr.}} * ''Gomphrena occulta'' {{small|J.Palmer}} * ''Gomphrena oroyana'' {{small|Standl.}} * ''Gomphrena pallida'' {{small|(Stuchlík) Pedersen}} * ''Gomphrena paraguayensis'' {{small|Chodat}} * ''Gomphrena paranensis'' {{small|R.E.Fr.}} * ''Gomphrena parviceps'' {{small|Standl.}} * ''Gomphrena parviflora'' {{small|Benth.}} * ''Gomphrena perennis'' {{small|L.}} * ''Gomphrena phaeotricha'' {{small|Pedersen}} * ''Gomphrena pilosa'' {{small|(M.Martens & Galeotti) Moq.}} * ''Gomphrena platycephala'' {{small|R.E.Fr.}} * ''Gomphrena pohlii'' {{small|Moq.}} * ''Gomphrena portulacoides'' {{small|(A.St.-Hil.) T.Ortuño & Borsch}} * ''Gomphrena potosiana'' {{small|Suess. & Benl}} * ''Gomphrena pringlei'' {{small|J.M.Coult. & Fisher}} * ''Gomphrena prostrata'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena pulchella'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena pulvinata'' {{small|Suess.}} * ''Gomphrena pumila'' {{small|Gillies ex Moq.}} * ''Gomphrena pungens'' {{small|Seub.}} * ''Gomphrena pusilla'' {{small|Benth.}} * ''Gomphrena radiata'' {{small|Pedersen}} * ''Gomphrena radicata'' {{small|(Hook.f.) T.Ortuño & Borsch}} * ''Gomphrena regeliana'' {{small|Seub.}} * ''Gomphrena riedelii'' {{small|Seub.}} * †''Gomphrena rigida'' {{small|(B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) T.Ortuño & Borsch}} * ''Gomphrena riparia'' {{small|Pedersen}} * ''Gomphrena rosula'' {{small|J.Palmer}} * ''Gomphrena rudis'' {{small|Moq.}} * ''Gomphrena rupestris'' {{small|Nees}} * ''Gomphrena scandens'' {{small|(R.E.Fr.) J.C.Siqueira}} * ''Gomphrena scapigera'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena schinziana'' {{small|Stuchlík}} * ''Gomphrena schlechtendaliana'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena sellowiana'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena serrata'' {{small|L.}} * ''Gomphrena serturneroides'' {{small|Suess.}} * ''Gomphrena sonorae'' {{small|Torr.}} * ''Gomphrena sordida'' {{small|Farmar}} * ''Gomphrena spissa'' {{small|Pedersen}} * ''Gomphrena splendida'' {{small|R.L.Barrett & J.Palmer}} * ''Gomphrena stellata'' {{small|T.Ortuño & Borsch}} * ''Gomphrena subscaposa'' {{small|(Hook.f.) T.Ortuño & Borsch}} * ''Gomphrena tenella'' {{small|(Moq.) Benth.}} * ''Gomphrena tomentosa'' {{small|(Griseb.) R.E.Fr.}} * ''Gomphrena triceps'' {{small|Pedersen}} * ''Gomphrena trinervosa'' {{small|C.C.Towns.}} * ''Gomphrena trollii'' {{small|Suess.}} * ''Gomphrena umbellata'' {{small|J.Rémy}} * ''Gomphrena uruguayensis'' {{small|Suess.}} * ''Gomphrena vaga'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena verecunda'' {{small|R.W.Davis}} * ''Gomphrena vermicularis'' {{small|L.}} * ''Gomphrena virgata'' {{small|Mart.}} * ''Gomphrena viridis'' {{small|Wooton & Standl.}} * ''Gomphrena vitellina'' {{small|Pedersen}} * ''Gomphrena wrightii'' {{small|(Hook.f. ex Maxim.) T.Ortuño & Borsch}}
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Gomphrena serrata in Hyderabad W IMG 9023.jpg|''Gomphrena serrata'' in Hyderabad, India. File:Gomphrena serrata in Hyderabad W IMG 9022.jpg|''Gomphrena serrata'' in Hyderabad, India. File:Gomphrena serrata in Hyderabad W IMG 8870.jpg|''Gomphrena serrata'' in Hyderabad, India. File:Gomphrena serrata in Hyderabad W IMG 8869.jpg|''Gomphrena serrata'' in Hyderabad, India. File:Ghomphrena plant.jpg|''Gomphrena'' grown in Malaysia File:Gomphrena closeup.jpg|Closeup view of ''Gomphrena'' flower in Malaysia File:Gomphrena globosa - flower view 02.jpg|''Gomphrena globosa'' File: 橙花千日紅 20190606210011.jpg |''Gomphrena haageana'' Klotzsch, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan. </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{commons category-inline}}
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Category:Gomphrena Category:Amaranthaceae genera Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Amaranthaceae-stub}}