Hablitzia

Taxobox
name = "Hablitzia"


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Amaranthaceae
subfamilia = Chenopodioideae
genus = "Hablitzia"
genus_authority = M.Bieb.
species = "H. tamnoides"
binomial = "Hablitzia tamnoides"
binomial_authority = M.Bieb.

"Hablitzia tamnoides", the sole species in the genus "Hablitzia", is a herbaceous perennial plant, native to the Caucasus region. It is in the familiy Amaranthaceae, subfamily Chenopodioideae, related to "Beta", but unlike that genus, is a vine, climbing to 3 m or more tall in summer.

Hohmann, S., Kadereit, J. W., & Kadereit, G. (2006). Understanding Mediterranean-Californian disjunctions: molecular evidence from Chenopodiaceae-Betoideae. "Taxon" 55 (1): 67-78 [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax/2006/00000055/00000001/art00010;jsessionid=g1co3bngnior.alice?format=print Abstract] ] Henriette's plant info: [http://www.henriettesherbal.com/php/get.php?id=5211 "Hablitzia"] ] Foreign names on the Multilingual Multiscript Plantname Database site [http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Hablitzia.html] ]

The leaves are edible, similar to those of the related spinach.

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