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Taxon:  Chenopodium quinoa Willd. subsp. quinoa



Summary
Genus:
Chenopodium
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Chenopodieae
Nomen number:
409941
Verified:
02/10/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Chenopodium quinoa Willd. (11 active accession[s])
Chenopodium quinoa Willd. subsp. milleanum (Aellen) Aellen (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Converse, R. H., ed. 1987. Virus diseases of small fruits. USDA Agriculture Handbook 631 Note: = Chenopodium quinoa
  2. Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1991. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 6:356-460. Note: = Chenopodium quinoa
  3. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: = Chenopodium quinoa
  4. Fuentes, F. F. et al. 2009. Assessment of genetic diversity patterns in Chilean quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) germplasm using multiplex fluorescent microsatellite markers. Conservation Genet. 10:369-377. URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/105709/ Note: this study supports for a distinctive coastal population that appears to be more diverse that highland populations, and that it also may continue hybridizing with weedy species, probably including Chenopodium hircinum when in sympatry
  5. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. URL: http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp Note: as Chenopodium quinoa var. quinoa
  6. 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
  7. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
  8. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  9. Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
  10. Wilson, H. D. 1988. Quinua biosystematics I: Domesticated populations. Econ. Bot. 42:461-477. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
  11. Wilson, H. D. 1988. Quinua biosystematics II: Free-living populations. Econ. Bot. 42:478-494. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Common names
English
quinoa –
French
petit riz –
riz du Pérou –
German
Quinoa –
Reismelde –
Spanish
arroz del Perú –
quingua –
quinua –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaCórdoba 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
2Cultivated    lesser cult. elsewhere
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina n.w.
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia w.
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaNariño 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
Native
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Córdoba], Chile
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia (w.), Colombia [Nariño], Ecuador, Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (n.w.), Chile
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Harmful organism hosttest organism for crop diseasesfide Virus Diseases 54, 59, 112. 1987Converse, R. H., ed. 1987. Virus diseases of small fruits. USDA Agriculture Handbook 631 Note: = Chenopodium quinoa
Human foodpseudocereal Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics


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