Chenopodium

See also: chenopodium

Translingual

Chenopodium album (type species)

Etymology

A scientific Latin calque (before 1500AD) of pes (“foot”) + anserinus (“gooselike”) (Pliny the Elder); from Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn, “goose”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

Proper noun

Chenopodium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – numerous herbaceous flowering plants, including goosefoot, lamb's quarters, and quinoa.

Synonyms

• (genus): Einadia

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Amaranthaceae – family; Chenopodioideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Chenopodium album (white goosefoot or lamb's quarters - type species; Chenopodium bonus-henricus (now often Blitum bonus-henricus, perennial goosefoot), Chenopodium quinoa (quinoa), Chenopodium berlandieri (lamb's quarters); Chenopodium foggii, Chenopodium fremontii, Chenopodium pratericola (desert goosefoot), Chenopodium standleyanum - selected other species; Chenopodium capitatum (now Blitum capitatum, strawberry blite, blite goosefoot, strawberry goosefoot), Chenopodium rubrum (now Oxybasis rubra, red goosefoot, coastblite goosefoot), Chenopodium simplex (now Chenopodiastrum simplex, maple-leaf goosefoot) - species now in other genera
  • For more see Chenopodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Chenopodium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chenopodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chenopodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chenopodium at USDA Plants database
• Chenopodium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Chenopodium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Chenopodioideae at APWeb
• Chenopodium at Plants of the World Online