Chenopodium desiccatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Chenopodium desiccatum A.Nelson, Bot. Gaz. 34: 362–363. (1902)

Type: USA (Colorado, Wyoming): E. Nelson 5048, 12 August 1898. Holotype: RM 12545, barcode 0002236. Co-type: J.H. Cowen s.n., 29 July 1896, RM 8460, barcode 0002235).

Homotypic
- Chenopodium leptophyllum subsp. desiccatum (A.Nelson) Aellen, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 136. 1929 (1929)
Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2018, but not accepted as synonym by Benet-Pierce & Simpson, 2014)
- Chenopodium leptophyllum var. oblongifolium S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 95. (1874)
- Chenopodium pratericola var. oblongifolium (S.Watson) Wahl, Bartonia no. 27: 19. (1954)

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Western Canada
  - Alberta (s.e.), Saskatchewan (s.)
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho (s.e.), Montana, Wyoming
- North-Central U.S.A.
  - Kansas, Nebraska (n.w.), Oklahoma (w.)
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California (n.e.), Nevada (w.), Utah (e.)
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas (n.)

Nelson, A. 1902. Contributions from the Rocky Mountain Herbarium. IV. Botanical Gazette 34(5): 355–371. BHL Reference page.
Aellen, P. 1929. Beitrag zur Systematik der Chenopodium-Arten Amerikas, vorwiegend auf Grund der Sammlung des United States National Museum in Washington, D.C. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 26: [Part I:] (1–6): 31–64 DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19290260108 Biblioteca Digital [Part II:] (7–15): 119–160. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19290260703 Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
Watson, S. 1874. A revision of the North American Chenopodiaceae. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 9: 82–126. BHL Reference page.
Wahl, H.A. 1954 "1953". A Preliminary Study of the Genus Chenopodium in North America. Bartonia 27: 1–46. JSTOR Reference page.

Benet-Pierce, N. & Simpson, M.G. 2014. The taxonomy of Chenopodium desiccatum and C. nitens, sp. nov. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 141(2): 161–172. PDF JSTOR Reference page.
Clemants, S.E. & Mosyakin, S.L.
eFloras 2008. Chenopodium desiccatum in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Hassler, M. 2018. Chenopodium desiccatum. 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. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Chenopodium desiccatum. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 4 2016.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Chenopodium desiccatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul. 27. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2016. Chenopodium desiccatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Mar. 2016.

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