Chenopodioideae
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Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
family Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae
The flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, contains about 176 genera and 2,400 species.- Description :Most of these species are herbs or subshrubs; very few are trees or climbers. Some species are succulent....
, formerly classified in family Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae were a family of flowering plants, also called the Goosefoot Family. They are now included within family Amaranthaceae. The vast majority of Chenopods are weeds, and many are salt and drought tolerant. A few food crops also belong to the family: spinach, beets, chard, quinoa, and...
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Food species include several Chenopodium
Chenopodium
Chenopodium is a genus of about 150 species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoots, which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system; older classifications separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae, but...
species (Quinoa
Quinoa
Quinoa , a species of goosefoot , is a grain-like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds. It is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal, or grain, as it is not a member of the grass family...
, Kañiwa
Kañiwa
Chenopodium pallidicaule, sometimes known as Cañihua, Canihua, Kañiwa, is a species of goosefoot, similar in character and uses to the closely related quinoa....
, Fat Hen
Fat Hen
Fat hen or fat-hen may refer to:* Hen and chicks, common name for a group of small succulent flowering plants native to Europe and northern Africa* Fat Hen, common name for Aristolochia rotunda , a perennial herb native to Southern Europe...
, Good King Henry
Good King Henry
Good King Henry , also called Poor-man's Asparagus, Perennial Goosefoot, Lincolnshire Spinach or Markeryis a species of goosefoot which is native to much of central and southern Europe....
, and Epazote
Epazote
Epazote, wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, Paico or Herba Sancti Mariæ is an herb native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico....
), Orache (Atriplex spp.), and Spinach
Spinach
Spinach is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. It is native to central and southwestern Asia. It is an annual plant , which grows to a height of up to 30 cm. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions...
(Spinacia oleracea).
Genera
The subfamily includes about 25 genera.- Tribus Atripliceae C. A. Mey.
- Archiatriplex G.L.Chu
- AtriplexAtriplexAtriplex is a plant genus of 100-200 species, known by the common names of saltbush and orache . The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophytes, as well as plants of moist environments...
L. (Syn.: Blackiella, Cremnophyton, Haloxanthium, Neopreissia, Obione, Pachypharynx, Senniella, Theleophyton) - Exomis Fenzl ex Moq.
- Extriplex
- GrayiaGrayia (plant)Grayia is a monotypic genus of plants containing the sole species Grayia spinosa, which is known by the common names hop sage and spiny hop sage.-Distribution:...
Hook. & Arn. (Syn. Zuckia Standl.) - Halimione Aellen
- Holmbergia Hicken
- Manochlamys Aellen
- Microgynoecium Hook. f.
- Proatriplex
- Stutzia (Syn. Endolepis Torr.)
- Tribus Axyrideae (Heklau) G. Kadereit & A. Sukhor..
- Axyris L.
- Ceratocarpus L.
- KrascheninnikoviaKrascheninnikoviaKrascheninnikovia is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family known generally as winterfat. They are known from Eurasia and western North America. These are hairy perennials or small shrubs which may be monoecious or dioecious...
Gueldenst.
- Tribus Chenopodieae
- Baolia H.W.Kung & G.L.Chu
- ChenopodiumChenopodiumChenopodium is a genus of about 150 species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoots, which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system; older classifications separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae, but...
L., Syn.: Ambrina Spach): with about 100 species - CyclolomaCyclolomaCycloloma is a monotypic genus which contains the sole species Cycloloma atriplicifolium, which is known by the common names winged pigweed, tumble ringwing, plains tumbleweed, and tumble-weed...
Moq. - Dysphania R.Br.:
- Dysphania ambrosioides, (EpazoteEpazoteEpazote, wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, Paico or Herba Sancti Mariæ is an herb native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico....
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- Dysphania ambrosioides, (Epazote
- EinadiaEinadiaEinadia is a plant genus in the family Amaranthaceae. The species, which are native to Australia and New Zealand, include:*Einadia hastata A.J.Scott - Saloop*Einadia nutans A.J.Scott - Nodding Saltbush...
Raf. - Micromonolepis Ulbr.
- MonolepisMonolepisMonolepis is a small genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family known generally as povertyweeds. They are annual herbs with fleshy, lance-shaped to triangular pointed leaves and clusters of grainy flowers...
Schrad. - RhagodiaRhagodiaRhagodia is a genus of shrubs native to Australia. They are common in salt marsh and may be succulent, like other salt tolerant species its members are commonly known as saltbushes.Species include:...
R.Br. - Scleroblitum Ulbr.
- SpinaciaSpinaciaSpinacia is the spinach genus.-External links:*...
L., Syn.: Sevada Moq., Spinacea Schur, orth. var.):- SpinachSpinachSpinach is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. It is native to central and southwestern Asia. It is an annual plant , which grows to a height of up to 30 cm. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions...
(Spinacia oleracea)
- Spinach
- Suckleya A.Gray