Chenopodium
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Chenopodium album (type species)
See also: chenopodium
Translingual
Etymology
A scientific Latin calque (before 1500AD) of pes (“foot”) + anserinus (“gooselike”) (Pliny the Elder); from Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn, “goose”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).
Proper noun
Chenopodium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – numerous herbaceous flowering plants, including goosefoot, lamb's quarters, and quinoa.
Synonyms
- (genus): Einadia
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Amaranthaceae - family; Chenopodioideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Chenopodium album (white goosefoot or lamb's quarters - type species; Chenopodium bonus-henricus (now often Blitum bonus-henricus, perennial goosefoot), Chenopodium quinoa (quinoa), Chenopodium berlandieri (lamb's quarters); Chenopodium foggii, Chenopodium fremontii, Chenopodium pratericola (desert goosefoot), Chenopodium standleyanum - selected other species; Chenopodium capitatum (now Blitum capitatum, strawberry blite, blite goosefoot, strawberry goosefoot), Chenopodium rubrum (now Oxybasis rubra, red goosefoot, coastblite goosefoot), Chenopodium simplex (now Chenopodiastrum simplex, maple-leaf goosefoot) - species now in other genera
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Chenopodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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References
Chenopodium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Chenopodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Chenopodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Chenopodium at USDA Plants database
- Chenopodium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Chenopodium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Chenopodioideae at APWeb
- Chenopodium at Plants of the World Online
