Blitum

Taxonavigation

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: Anserineae
Genus: Blitum
Sectiones: B. sect. Atriplicina – B. sect. Blitum

Overview of species: B. antarcticum – B. asiaticum – B. atriplicinum – B. bonus-henricus – B. californicum – B. capitatum – B. korshinskyi – B. litwinowii – B. nuttallianum – B. petiolare – B. venetum – B. virgatum

Nothospecies: B. × tkalcsicsii

Names in synonymy

B. acuminatum – B. ambrosioides – B. botryoides – B. carinatum – B. chenopodioides – B. crassifolium – B. cristatum – B. exsuccum – B. gangeticum – B. genuinum – B. glandulosum – B. glaucum – B. graecizans – B. hastatum – B. hybridum – B. lividum – B. maius – B. maritmum – B. melancholicum – B. oleraceum – B. perenne – B. polymorphum – B. polyspermum – B. pumilio – B. rubrum – B. salsum – B. sanguisorba – B. spathulatum – B. tataricum – B. tenue – B. terminale – B. urbicum – B. viride

for Anserina: A. betifolia – A. bonus-henricus – A. candicans – A. ficifolia – A. foetida – A. muralis – A. opulifolia – A. stramonifolia – A. urbica

for Agathophytum: A. acuminatum – A. ambrosioides – A. anthelminthicum – A. bonus-henricus – A. crassifolium – A. glaucum – A. humifusum – A. rubrum

for Carocarpidium: C. californicum

for Monolepis: M. asiatica – M. chenopodioides – M. litwinowii – M. nuttalliana – M. patagonica – M. pusilla – M. spathulata – M. trifida

for Morocarpus: M. capitatus – M. foliosus

for Scleroblitum: S. atriplicinum

Name

Blitum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 4 (1753).

Type species: Blitum capitatum L. (Lectotype designated by N.L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 2: 15, 1913).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Morocarpus Boehmer in Ludwig, Def. Gen. Pl., ed. 3: 385. (1760), nom. illeg.
- Chenopodium sect. Blitum (L.) Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 3(1): 52 (1880)
- Chenopodium sect. Eublitum Aellen, Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 41: 103. (1930)
- Chenopodium subg. Blitum (L.) Hiitonen, Suom. Kasvio: 307. (1933)
  - Type: (designated by Britton & Brown, ill. Fl. n.u.S. 2: 15. 1913; confirmed by Hitchcock in Prop. Brit. Bot.: 115. 1929): Blitum capitatum L. (= Morocarpus capitatus (L.) Scop., Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Ambrosi).
Heterotypic
- Anserina Dumort., Fl. Belg.: 21 (1827)
- Agathophytum Moq., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 2, 1: 291. (1834), nom. illeg.
- Orthosporum subg. Agathophytum T. Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ., fasc. 7: ad t. 6 (or t. [127]; or vol. [1]; t. 57). (1835)
- Chenopodium sect. Agathophytum (T. Nees) Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 3: 52. (1880)
  - Type: Anserina bonus-henricus (L.) Dumort. (= Chenopodium bonus-henricus L., Blitum bonus-henricus (L.) Rchb., Agathophytum bonus-henricus (L.) Moq.).
- Carocarpidium S.C.Sand. & G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 334. (2017)
  - Type: Carocarpidium californicum (S.Watson) S.C.Sand. & G.L.Chu
- Chenopodium [unranked] Californica Standl., in N. Amer. Fl. 21: 30. (1916)
  - Type: Chenopodium californicum (S. Wats.) S. Wats. (= Blitum californicum S. Wats.)
- Monolepis Schrad., Index Seminum Hort. Acad. Gotting. 1830: 4. (1830)
  - Type: Monolepis trifida (Trevir.) Schrad. (= Chenopodium trifidum Trevir.) [= Blitum nuttallianum Schult.]
- Scleroblitum Ulbr., in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 16c: 495. (1934)
- Chenopodium sect. Atriplicina Aellen, Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 41: 99. (1930)
  - Type: Scleroblitum atriplicinum (F. Muell.) Ulbr. (= Blitum atriplicinum F. Muell., Chenopodium atriplicinum (F. Muell.) F. Muell.)

Homonyms

Blitum Scop., (Fl. Carniol. (ed. 2): 237. (1772), nom. illeg.
Blitum Heist. ex Fabr., Enum. 198. (1759)., nom. illeg.

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page.
Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1880. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 3, pars 1, sistens Dicotyledonum Monochlamydearum ordines XXXVI (Nyctagnieas – Ceratophylleas) et Gymnospermearum ordines III (Gnetaceas – Cycadaceas). A. Black, 459 pp. Londini [London]. BHL Reference page.
Dumortier, B.C.J. 1827. Florula Belgica, opera majoris prodromus. 172 pp., Casterman, Tornacum Nerviorum. MDZ Reference page.
Zhu, G.L. & Sanderson, S.C. 2017. Genera and a New Evolutionary System of World Chenopodiaceae. 361 pp. Beijing: Science Press. Reference page.

Additional references

Sukhorukov, A., Nilova, M.V., Krinitsina, A.A., Zaika, M.A., Erst, A. & Shepherd, K.A. 2018. Molecular phylogenetic data and seed coat anatomy resolve the generic position of some critical Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae – Amaranthaceae) with reduced perianth segments. PhytoKeys 109(2): 103–128. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.109.28956 Reference page.
Fuentes-Bazan, S., Uotila, P. & Borsch, T. 2012. A novel phylogeny-based generic classification for Chenopodium sensu lato, and a tribal rearrangement of Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae). Willdenowia 42(1): 5–24. DOI: 10.3372/wi42.42101 Full text PDF Reference page. : 16-18
Mosyakin, S.L. 2012. New nomenclatural combinations in Blitum L. and Kali Mill. (Chenopodiaceae): Taxa occurring in Eastern Europe. Ukrayins'kyi Botanicnyi Zhurnal 69(3): 393–396. PDF Reference page.
Mosyakin, S.L. 2013. New nomenclatural combinations in Blitum, Oxybasis, Chenopodiastrum, and Lipandra (Chenopodiaceae). Phytoneuron 2013-56: 1–8. (PDF) Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Blitum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 07. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2018. Blitum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 July 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Blitum. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 24 2016.

Tropicos.org 2016. Blitum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Feb. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: Goosefoots (p.p.)
Nederlands: Aardbeispinazie

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