2223.000 Chenopodium L. - Goosefoots

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs, often mealy or foetid. Stems usually grooved or angular and often striped with red, white or green. Flowers bisexual and female, in small cymes ("glomerules") arranged in a branched inflorescence. Bracteoles 0. Perianth normally (3-)4-5-lobed. Stamens 1-5. Stigmas 2(-5). Seeds "horizontal" (vertically flattened) or less often "vertical" (horizontally flattened); testa normally hard.

Derivation of name: In Greek: goose-foot, referring to the shape of the leaves of some species.

Worldwide: c. 100 species, mainly in temperate regions

Botswana: 7 taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
Spoladea recurvalis (Spinach moth)
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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
album L.SEDescription, Image
glaucum L.
hederiforme (Murr) AellenN,SW,SE
murale L.N
olukondae (Murr) MurrSE
opulifolium Schrad. ex Koch & Ziz.
phillipsianum Aellen

Other sources of information about Chenopodium:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: Chenopodium
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Chenopodium
Flora of Malawi: Chenopodium
Flora of Mozambique: Chenopodium
Flora of Zambia: Chenopodium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Chenopodium

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Chenopodium
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Chenopodium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Chenopodium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Chenopodium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Chenopodium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chenopodium
JSTOR Plant Science: Chenopodium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Chenopodium
Plants of the World Online: Chenopodium
Tropicos: Chenopodium
Wikipedia: Chenopodium

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Chenopodium.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=519, retrieved 19 March 2024

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