NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Chenopodium

Chenopodium is a genus of about 150 species of flowering plants, known generically as the Goosefoots. It contains several plants of minor to moderate importance as food crops, both leaf vegetables and pseudo-cereals, including Quinoa, Kañiwa, Fat Hen, Good King Henry, and Epazote. Goosefoots are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species; see list of Lepidoptera which feed on Chenopodium. Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. ... Fresh Swiss chard Fresh water spinach Creamed spinach Steamed kale Leaf vegetables, also called potherbs, greens, or leafy greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. ... This article is about cereals in general. ... Binomial name Willd. ... Binomial name Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen KaÃ±iwa is a species of goosefoot, similar in character and uses to the closely related to quinoa. ... Binomial name Chenopodium album L. Fat Hen (Chenopodium album), also called white goosefoot, lambs quarters, lambsquarters, or pigweed, is a fast-growing, upright, weedy annual species of goosefoot, very common in temperate regions, growing almost everywhere in soils rich in nitrogen, especially on wasteland. ... Binomial name Chenopodium bonus-henricus L. Good King Henry, also called mercury, lincolnshire spinach or poor mans asparagus is a species of goosefoot native to much of central and southern Europe. ... Binomial name L. Epazote, Wormseed, Jesuits Tea, Mexican Tea, or Herba Sancti MariÃ¦ (Chenopodium ambrosioides) is an herb native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico. ... A larval insect A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... The order Lepidoptera is the second most speciose order in the class Insecta and includes the butterflies, moths and skippers. ... Chenopodium species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including: Coleophora case bearers: (feeds on ) Coleophora case bearers: (recorded on ) Heart and Club Agrotis clavis The Nutmeg Discestra trifolii Caterpillar Hostplants Database Category: ...

In the APG II system (2003) it is placed in the family Amaranthaceae, but earlier, for example in the Cronquist system (1981), it was placed in the family Chenopodiaceae. A modern system of plant taxonomy, the APG II system of plant classification was published in 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG, in Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003). ... Type Genus Amaranthus L. Subfamilies Amaranthoideae Chenopodioideae Gomphrenoideae Salicornioideae Salsoloideae The flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, contains about 160 genera and 2,400 species. ... A system of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants (or angiosperms). ... Chenopodium capitatum from ThomÃ© (1885) Chenopodiaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. ...

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Categories: Amaranthaceae | Caryophyllales stubs Binomial name L. Chenopodium album is a fast-growing, upright, weedy annual plant that is common in temperate regions. ... Binomial name Chenopodium ambrosioides L. Epazote or Mexican Tea (Chenopodium ambrosioides) is a herb native to Central America and southern Mexico. ... Binomial name L. Epazote, Wormseed, Jesuits Tea, Mexican Tea, or Herba Sancti MariÃ¦ (Chenopodium ambrosioides) is an herb native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico. ... Binomial name Chenopodium berlandieri L. Chenopodium berlandieri, also called pitseed goosefoot, Southern Huauzontle, and lambsquarters, is a fast-growing, upright, weedy annual species of goosefoot. ... Binomial name Chenopodium bonus-henricus L. Good King Henry, also called mercury, lincolnshire spinach or poor mans asparagus is a species of goosefoot native to much of central and southern Europe. ... Binomial name Chenopodium bonus-henricus L. Good King Henry, also called mercury, lincolnshire spinach or poor mans asparagus is a species of goosefoot native to much of central and southern Europe. ... Binomial name L. Jerusalem Oak Goosefoot (Chenopodium botrys), also called Feathered Geranium, is a flowering plant in the genus Chenopodium, the goosefoots. ... Binomial name L. Jerusalem Oak Goosefoot (Chenopodium botrys), also called Feathered Geranium, is a flowering plant in the genus Chenopodium, the goosefoots. ... Binomial name Strawberry Blite (Chenopodium capitatum, Blitum capitatum) is an edible annual plant, also known as Blite Goosefoot, Strawberry Spinach, Indian Paint, and Indian Ink. ... Binomial name Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen KaÃ±iwa is a species of goosefoot, similar in character and uses to the closely related to quinoa. ... Binomial name Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen KaÃ±iwa is a species of goosefoot, similar in character and uses to the closely related to quinoa. ... Binomial name Chenopodium quinoa Willd. ... Binomial name Willd. ... Binomial name L. Chenopodium rubrum or Red Goosefoot is a member of the genus Chenopodium, the goosefoots. ... Also known as Stinking Goosefoot or Notchweed, this foul-smelling plant or weed is a member of the Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot, generally). ...

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