Chenopodium opulifolium

Chenopodium opulifolium

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 opulifolium

Name edit

Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex W.D.J.Koch & Ziz, Cat. Pl. (Koch & Ziz) 6. (1814)

  • Type: (Germany): Arheilgen. Borkhausen s.n.
  • the reference to "Ch. album (sensu) Borkh. in Rhein. Mag." (= Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, Rheinisches Magazin 1: 472-473. 1793), non L. (1753) provides the validating description.

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Anserina opulifolia (Schrad. ex W.D.J.Koch & Ziz) Friche-Joset & Montandon, Syn. Fl. Jura 263. (1856)
    • Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex DC., Fl. Franc. [de Candolle & Lamarck], ed. 3. 6: 372. (1815) - isonym
    • Chenopodium album subsp. opulifolium (W.D.J.Koch & Ziz) Čelak., Prodr. Fl. Böhm. 154. (1871)
    • Chenopodium album subsp. opulifolium (Schrad.) Batt., Batt. & Trabut, Fl. Algérie 1: 753. (1890) - isonym
    • Chenopodium album subsp. opulifolium (Schrad. ex W.D.J.Koch & Ziz) Maire, Fl. Afrique N. 8: 36. (1962) - isonym
    • Chenopodium album var. opulifolium (Schrad.) Aswal, in B.S. Aswal & B.N. Mehrotra, Fl. Lahaul-Spiti 531. (1994)
    • Vulvaria opulifolia Bubani, Fl. Pyren. (Bubani) 1: 176. (1897)
  • Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2018)
    • Chenopodium erosum Bast., J. Bot. Agric. 3: 20. (1814), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Chenopodium erosum R.Br. 1810)
    • Chenopodium opulifolium subsp. ugandae Aellen, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 339. (1928)
    • Chenopodium ugandae (Aellen) Aellen, Bull. Jard. Bot. État 34: 491. (1964)
    • Chenopodium mucronatum var. subintegrum Aellen,

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Europe
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
    • Eastern Europe
      • Belarus, Moldova, Russian Federation, [Belgorod, Kalmykia, Rostov, Voronezh] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • Africa
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria (n.), Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Somalia
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Asia-Temperate
    • Middle Asia
      • Turkmenistan
    • Caucasus
      • Azerbaijan
    • Western Asia
      • Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (w.)
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

introduced 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 opulifolium in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  • Uotila, P. 2011. Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). Chenopodium opulifolium In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

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Vernacular names edit

dansk: Kortbladet Gåsefod
Deutsch: Schneeballblättriger Gänsefuß
English: Grey Goosefoot
español: cenizo, quenopodio, sahuquillo falso
suomi: Heisisavikka
français: Chénopode à feuilles d'obier
italiano: Farinello con foglie di viburno
norsk: Småmelde
polski: Komosa kalinolistna
svenska: Olvonmålla
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