Amaranthoideae

Taxobox
name = Amaranthoideae


image_caption = Amaranthus tricolor
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Amaranthaceae
subfamilia = Amaranthoideae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Achyranthes" "Achyropsis" "Aerva" "Amaranthus" "Arthraerua" "Calicorema" "Celosia" "Centema" "Centrostachys" "Cyathula" "Hermbstaedtia" "Kyphocarpa" "Leucosphaera" "Marcelliopsis" "Nelsia" "Nothosaerva" "Pandiaka" "Psilotrichum" "Pupalia" "Sericocoma" "Sericorema"

The Amaranthoideae is a subfamily of the Amaranthaceae.

The genera "Amaranthus" (the amaranths) and "Celosia" (the cockscombs) contain many ornamental species as well as species whose seeds are used as pseudo-cereals and leaves as leaf vegetables.