Chenopodium giganteum

Chenopodium giganteum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Chenopodioideae
Tribus: Chenopodieae
Genus: Chenopodium
Species: Chenopodium giganteum

Name

Chenopodium giganteum D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 75 (1825), nom. cons.

• Typus: Czech Republic, Průhonice, population/individual No. 560 frome xperimental garden of the Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, 19 Sep 2018, Mandák (PRA bar-code PRA-00014815; Isotypes: G, K, KW, PR, PRC, W, typ. cons.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2024)
  • Chenopodium album subsp. amaranthicolor H.J.Coste & A.Reyn., Bull. Herb. Boissier II, 5: 979 (1905).
  • Chenopodium amaranticolor (H.J.Coste & A.Reyn.) H.J.Coste & A.Reyn., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 181 (1907).
    • Type: "Patria ignota. Crescit in locis non cultis prope Massiliam." 1904, A. Reynier no. 1583.
  • Atriplex bengalensis Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(1): 276 (1783). nom. utique rej.
    • Lectotype (designated by Sukhorukov & Kushunina 2014, Phytotaxa 191: 18): Plante potagére des Indes [vegetable plant from India], herb. de Lamarck P-LA-00381128.
    • Epitype: NEPAL. [Dhaulagiri zone, Myagdi distr.]: Annapurna conservation area, near Tikhedhunga vill., 1700 m, edge of vegetable garden, 13 November 2008, Sukhorukov s.n. Epitype: MW, Isoepitype W2010-0007930.
  • Atriplex hortensis var. benghalensis (Lam.) Moq. in Chenop. Monogr. Enum.: 52 (1840).
  • Chenopodium bengalense (Lam.) Schult. in Observ. Bot.: 50 (1809).
  • Chenopodium bonariense Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 67 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Chenopodium album var. centrorubrum Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 16 (1910).
  • Chenopodium centrorubrum (Makino) Nakai, Rep. Exped. Manchoukou Sect. IV 4: 78. (1936).
  • Chenopodium elegantissimum Koidz., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 6: 136. (1937).
  • Chenopodium formosanum Koidz., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 9(2): 75. (1940).
  • Chenopodium hookerianum Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 68 (1849).
    • Type: "In Nepalia. Herb. Hook."
  • Chenopodium mairei H.Lév., Cat. Pl. Yunnan 35. (1915).
  • Chenopodium rubricaule Schrad. ex Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 67 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Russian Far East Primorye China China North-Central, Manchuria, Tibet Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya Introduced elsewhere References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Don, D. 1825. Prodromus Florae Nepalensis, sive enumeratio vegetabilium, quae in itinere per Nepaliam proprie dictam et regiones conterminas, ann. 1802–1803. Detexit atque legit D. D. Franciscus Hamilton, (olim Buchanan) M.D. ... Accedunt plantae a D. Wallich nuperius missae. Secundum methodi naturalis normam disposuit atque descripsit David Don, ... XII+256 pp. J. Gale, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. 
• Koidzumi, G. 1940. Contributiones ad Cognitionem Florae Asiae Orientalis. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica. [Shokubutsu bunrui chiri]. 9(2): 71–81. DOI: 10.18942/bunruichiri.KJ00002594589 Reference page. 
• Lamarck, J.-B. 1783–1785. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 1. XLIV+752 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. 
• Makino, T. 1910. Observations on the Flora of Japan. (Continued from vol. 23. p. 254.) Botanical Magazine, Tokyo 24: 13–22, 28–35, 50–61, 71–84, 99–106, 124–130, 137–147, 165–167, 221–224, 227–234, 242–252, 290–305. BHL Reference page. 
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Salsolaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 41–219. Masson, Paris. BHL Reference page. 
• Reynier, A., Coste, H.J. & al. 1905. Notes sur les plantes distribuées. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier ser. 2, 5: 977–986. BHL Reference page. 
• Reynier, A. 1907. Les Chenopodium amaranticolor Coste et Reynier et Chenopodium pedunculare Bertoloni, dans les Bouches-du-Rhône. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 54: 178–183. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mosyakin, S.L. & Mandák, B. 2018. (2659) Proposal to conserve the name Chenopodium giganteum (Chenopodiaceae / Amaranthaceae sensu APG) with a conserved type. Taxon 67(6): 1220–1221. DOI: 10.12705/676.28 Reference page. 
• Sukhorukov, A.P. & Kushunina, M. 2014. Taxonomic revision of Chenopodiaceae in Nepal. Phytotaxa 191(1): 10–44. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.191.1.2 Reference page. : 18

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Chenopodium giganteum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Chenopodium giganteum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Chenopodium giganteum. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 13 2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Baumspinat, Riesen-Gänsefuß
English: Magenta Spreen, Purple Goosefoot, Giant Lambsquarters
日本語: アカザ
русский: Марь гигантская
svenska: Praktmålla
中文: 杖藜

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