Blitum virgatum

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
Sectio: Blitum sect. Blitum
Species: Blitum virgatum

Subspecies: B. v. subsp. montanum – B. v. subsp. virgatum

Name

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

Lectotype: Herb Linn. 14.2 (LINN). (designated by Jafri & Rateeb in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 58: 11. 1978).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Morocarpus foliosum Moench, Methodus 342 (1794) (nom. illeg. superfl., based on Blitum virgatum L.)
- Chenopodium virgatum (L.) Ambrosi, Fl. Tirolo Mer. 2: 179 (1857), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Chenopodium virgatum Thunb. 1815)
- Chenopodium foliosum Asch., Fl. Brandenburg 1: 572 (1864).
Heterotypic (ref. Freitag et al. 2001)
- Chenopodium blitum F.Muell., Select Pl., Additions: 11 (1874).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
- WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq (n.), Lebanon, Turkey
- CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
- SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Aga Buryat, Buryatia, Chelyabinsk, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tuva]
Asia-Tropical
- INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan
Europe
- MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland
- EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Ukraine
- SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy (n.), Macedonia (e.), Montenegro, Romania, Serbia (e.)
- SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Spain

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 4. Reference page.
Moench, C. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis vol. 1–2, 780 pp., Marburgi Cattorum: Nova Libraria Academiae. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.304 Reference page. : 342
Ambrosi, F. 1857. Flora del Tirolo Meridionale 2. Padova, A. Sicca. BHL Reference page. : 179
Ascherson, P.F.A. 1861–1864. Flora der Provinz Brandenburg, der Altmark und des Herzogthums Magdeburg. Erste Abtheilung. A. Hirschwald, Berlin. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 572.
Mueller, F.v 1874. Additions to the lists of the principal timber trees and other select plants for Victorian industrial culture. Melbourne, Stillwell and Knight. (online) Reference page. : 11

Additional references

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. : 17
Freitag, H., Hedge, I.C, Jafri, S.M.H, Kothe-Heinrich, G., Omer, S. & Uotila, P. 2001. Chenopodiaceae. In: Ali, S.I. (ed.): Flora of Pakistan 204. 217 pp., Department of Botany/Missouri Botanical Press, Karachi/St. Louis, ISBN 1-930723-10-5 eFloras. Reference page. : Chenopodium foliosum

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Blitum virgatum. 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 virgatum. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 24 2016.
The Plant List 2013. Blitum virgatum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Feb. 24.
Tropicos.org 2016. Blitum virgatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Feb. 2016.

Vernacular names

dansk: Aks-Jordbærspinat
Deutsch: Echter Erdbeerspinat
English: Leafy Goosefoot
eesti: Vits-hanemalts
suomi: Marjasavikka
français: Espinard fraise
hornjoserbsce: Łopjenata pólšica
italiano: Spinaccio fragola
Nederlands: Rode Aardbeispinazie
norsk: Bærmelde
русский: Марь многолистная
slovenščina: Plehkotna metlika
svenska: Bärmålla
中文: 球花藜

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