Genus Chenopodium L.


Summary
Genus number:
2448
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Chenopodieae
Common name(s):

goosefoot
Accession count:

764 (634  active, 499  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
proposed for conservation (nom. cons. prop.) with a conserved type (Madrid ICN Art. 14.9)


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References:
  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 42:5-24.
  2. Fuentes-Bazan, S. et al. 2012. Towards a species level tree of the globally diverse genus Chenopodium (Chenopodiaceae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 62:359-374.
  3. Mosyakin, S. L. 2015. (2402) Proposal to conserve the name Chenopodium (Chenopodiaceae s.str.; Amaranthaceae sensu APG) with a conserved type. Taxon 64:1323-1325.
  4. Walsh, B. M. et al. 2015. Chenopodium polyploidy inferences from Salt Overly Sensitive 1 (SOS1) data. Amer. J. Bot. 102:533-543.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=2448. Accessed 17 April 2026.