Chenopodium leptophyllum

Chenopodium leptophyllum (front center, together with Chenopodium album)

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 leptophyllum

Varietates: C. l. var. leptophyllum – C. l. var. oblongifolium

Name

Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 94. (1874)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Chenopodium album var. leptophyllum Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 71. (1849)
• Homotypic
  • Botrys leptophylla (Moq.) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3(9): 275. (1914)
  • Chenopodium leptophyllum Nutt. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 71. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 1(1): 512. (1893) - isonym

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Subarctic America Yukon, Alaska Western Canada Alberta (s.), British Columbia, Manitoba (s.), Saskatchewan (s.) Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming North-Central U.S.A. Oklahoma Northeastern U.S.A. Maine Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas Mexico Mexico Northeast (Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon), Mexico Northwest (Baja California Norte, Sonora) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Watson, S. 1874. A revision of the North American Chenopodiaceae. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 9: 82–126. BHL Reference page. : 94–95
• 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. : 71
• Nieuwland, J.A. 1914. Notes on our local plants. - VI. American Midland Naturalist 3: 274–283. BHL Reference page. : 275
• Jackson, B.D. 1893. Index Kewensis plantarum phanerogamarum. Nomina et synonyma omnium generum et specierum a Linnaeo usque ad annum MDCCCLXXXV complectens nomine recepto auctore patria unicuique plantae subjectis sumptibus beati Caroli Roberti Darwin ductu et consilio Josephi D. Hooker confecit B. Daydon Jackson. Tomus I, Fasc. I. Pp. 1–632. E Prelo Clarendoniano, Oxonii [Oxford]. BHL Reference page. : 512

Additional references

• Clemants, S.E. & Mosyakin, S.L.
• eFloras 2008. Chenopodium leptophyllum in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Benet-Pierce, N. & Simpson, M.G. 2014. The taxonomy of Chenopodium desiccatum and C. nitens, sp. nov. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 141(2): 161–172. PDF JSTOR Reference page.  (accepting var. oblongifolium)

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Chenopodium leptophyllum. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Chenopodium leptophyllum. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 7 2016.
• The Plant List 2013. Chenopodium leptophyllum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Mar. 7.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Chenopodium leptophyllum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Mar. 2016.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Chenopodium leptophyllum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: narrowleaf goosefoot, slim-leaf lamb's-quarters

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