Spinacia

Spinacia oleracea

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: Spinacia

Species: S. oleracea – S. tetrandra

Names in synonymy: S. divaricata – S. domestica – S. fera – S. glabra – S. inermis – S. littoralis – S. minor – S. sessiliflora – S. spinosa – S. turkestanica

Name

Spinacia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1027. (1753)

• Type species: Spinacia oleracea L.

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. 

Additional references

• Del Guacchio, E. & Caputo, P. 2022. Towards a rational nomenclature of cultivated plants: proposal of taxonomic reassessment of Cicer reticulatum (Fabaceae) and Spinacia turkestanica (Chenopodiaceae). Phytotaxa 558(3): 298–300. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.558.3.7 Reference page. 
• Aellen, P. 1938. Beitrag zur Kenntnis von Spinacia L. Berichte der Schweizerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft = Bulletin de la Société Botanique Suisse 48: 485–490. (online) 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
• Uotila, P. 1997. Spinacia. Pp. 59–63 in Hedge, I.C., Akhani, H., Freitag, H., Kothe-Heinrich, G., Podlech, D., Rilke, S. & Uotila, P. , Chenopodiaceae. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.): Flora Iranica Vol. 172. 371 pp., 212 tab., Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Spinacia 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. 2024. Spinacia. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Spinacia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 07 2024. Reference page.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Шпінат
български: Спанак
čeština: Špenát
Deutsch: Spinat (Gattung)
English: Spinach
español: Spinacia
suomi: Pinaatit
hornjoserbsce: Spinat
ქართული: ისპანახი (გვარი)
қазақша: Шпинат
ಕನ್ನಡ: ಪಾಲಕ್
latviešu: Spināti
Nederlands: Spinazie
polski: Szpinak
português: Spinacia
русский: Шпинат
中文: 菠菜属 bo cai shu

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