Chenopodium berlandieri

Chenopodium berlandieri

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Chenopodioideae
Tribus: Chenopodieae
Genus: Chenopodium
Species: Chenopodium berlandieri

Subspecies: C. b. subsp. berlandieri – C. b. subsp. nuttalliae

Varietates: C. b. var. berlandieri – C. b. var. boscianum – C. b. var. bushianum – C. b. var. macrocalycium – C. b. var. sinuatum – C. b. var. zschackei

Name edit

Chenopodium berlandieri Moq., Chenop. Monogr. Enum. 23. (1840)

  • Type: Circa Mexico, Berlandier 1906. Holotype: Herb. Moricand. Isotypes: G.

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Botrys berlandieri (Moq.) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 276. (1914)
    • Chenopodium album var. berlandieri (Moq.) Mack. & Bush, in Mack. Man. Fl. Jackson County 80. (1902)
  • Heterotypic (ref. POWO)
    • Chenopodium texanum Murr, Magyar Botanikai Lapok 2: 8. 1903
    • Chenopodium berlandieri var. texanum A.Zobel
  • Hassler 2018 includes here also:
  • in subtaxa (ref. POWO, Hassler):
    • Chenopodium boscianum Moq., Chenop. Monogr. Enum., 21. (1840)
    • Chenopodium bushianum Aellen, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 63. (1929)
    • Chenopodium macrocalycium Aellen, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 119. (1929)
    • Chenopodium nuttalliae Saff., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 8: 523. (1918), (sometimes also considered as a synonym of C. quinoa)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska, Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory
    • Western Canada
      • British Columbia
    • Eastern Canada
      • Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec (s.)
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
    • North-Central U.S.A.
      • Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
    • South-Central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico, Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama (s.), Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
    • Mexico
      • Mexico (n.)

naturalized elsewhere


References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Clemants, S.E. & Mosyakin, S.L.
  • eFloras 2008. Chenopodium berlandieri in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

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Vernacular names edit

dansk: Amerikansk Gåsefod
Deutsch: Berlandiers Gänsefuß, Berlandier-Gänsefuß
English: Pigweed, Pitseed Goosefoot, Net-seed Lambsquarters, Huauzontle (subsp. nuttalliae)
español: Huauzontle (subsp. nuttalliae)
suomi: Teksasinsavikka
français: Chénopode de Berlandier
italiano: Farinello di Berlandier
norsk: Texasmelde
svenska: Texasmålla
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