Spinacia

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.

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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