Chenopodium atrovirens

Chenopodium atrovirens

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: Chenopodieae
Genus: Chenopodium
Species: Chenopodium atrovirens

Name

Chenopodium atrovirens Rydb., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 131. (1900)

• Type: USA: Montana, foothills of Electric Peak, 18 Aug. 1897, Rydberg & Bessey 3948.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Chenopodium fremontii var. atrovirens (Rydb.) Fosberg, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 26: 691. (1941)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2018)
  • Chenopodium wolfii Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30(4): 248. (1903), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Chenopodium wolfii Simonk. 1879)
    • Type: (USA, Lake County): Twin Lakes, 1873-8-, John Wolf 253. (chosen by Aellen, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 1929 26: 139).
  • Chenopodium aridum A.Nelson, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31(5): 240. (1904), nom. nov., replaces C. wolfii Rydb.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rydberg, P.A. 1900. Catalogue of the Flora of Montana and the Yellowstone National Park. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 1: 1–492. BHL Reference page. 
• Fosberg, F.R. 1941. Notes on North American Plants I. American Midland Naturalist 26(3): 690–695. DOI: 10.2307/2420741 Reference page. 
• Rydberg, P.A. 1903. Studies on the Rocky Mountain Flora – X. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 30(4): 247–262. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Nelson, A. 1904. New plants from Wyoming, XV. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 31(5): 239–247. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

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

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Chenopodium atrovirens. 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 Oct. 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Chenopodium atrovirens. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 3 2016.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Chenopodium atrovirens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan. 08. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2016. Chenopodium atrovirens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Mar. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: pinyon goosefoot, dark goosefoot

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