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Taxon:  Chenopodium giganteum D. Don



Summary
Genus:
Chenopodium
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Chenopodieae
Nomen number:
311134
Place of publication:
Prodr. fl. nepal. 75. 1825
Comment:
  • controversial name
  • may = C. album subsp. amaranticolor
Verified:
03/11/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Chenopodium album L. subsp. amaranticolor Coste & A. Reyn.
Chenopodium amaranticolor (Coste & A. Reyn.) Coste & Reyn.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Cabrera, A. L., ed. 1965-1970. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Note: = Chenopodium album L.
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  4. Duncan, W. H. & J. T. Kartesz. 1981. Vascular flora of Georgia: an annotated checklist.
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
  6. Eriksson, O. et al. 1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2.
  7. Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia II: a source book of edible plants Note: Kampong Publications
  8. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/ Note: mentions under Chenopodium album L. aggr.
  9. George, A. S., ed. 1984. Flora of Australia. 4:134.
  10. Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 10:81. URL: http://proseanet.org Note: mentions
  11. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. Note: = Chenopodium album subsp. amaranticolor Coste & A. Reyn.
  12. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  13. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Note: = Chenopodium album var. album
  14. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  15. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  16. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
  17. Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource). URL: http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/chenopodiaceae/chenopodium-giganteum/fichas/pagina1.htm
  18. Wahl, H. A. 1954. A preliminary study of the genus Chenopodium in North America. Bartonia 27:40.
  19. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
magentaspreen –
tree-spinach –
German
Spinatbaum –
Swedish
praktmålla –
Transcribed Chinese
zhang li –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    widely cult.
6Other    native range obscure, perhaps in Asia
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Other (native range obscure, perhaps in Asia)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Harmful organism hostcrop diseasesas C. amaranticolorRyder, E. J. 1999. Lettuce, endive and chicory. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 9:134. Note: mentions
Human foodvegetable Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
Human foodvegetable Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Weed  Cabrera, A. L., ed. 1965-1970. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Note: = Chenopodium album L.


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