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Taxon:  Blitum bonus-henricus (L.) Rchb.



Summary
Genus:
Blitum
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Anserineae
Nomen number:
466043
Place of publication:
Fl. germ. excurs. 582. 1832
Verified:
11/30/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Chenopodium bonus-henricus L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Fuentes-Bazan, S. et al. 2012. A novel phylogeny-based generic classification for Chenopodium sensu lato, and a tribal rearrangement of Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae). Willdenowia 42:18. URL: http://www.bgbm.org/bgbmpress/willdenowia.htm
Common names
English
allgood –
fat-hen –
Good King Henry –
mercury –
perennial goosefoot –
wild spinach –
French
ansérine Bon-Henri –
bon Henri –
épinard sauvage –
German
guter Heinrich –
wilder Mehlspinat –
Spanish
buen Enrique –
pie de ganso –
Swedish
lungrot –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean partw.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway s.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden s.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain n.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere in temperate regions
Native
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Norway (s.), Sweden (s.)
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (w.)], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sicily), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (n.), France (incl. Corsica)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere in temperate regions)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetableas Chenopodium bonus-henricusHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Human foodvegetableas Chenopodium bonus-henricusFacciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Weed fide Weed TabCIBA. 1968, as Chenopodium bonus-henricusCIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables


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