Chenopodioideae

Chenopodioideae
Chenopodioideae
Good King Henry (Chenopodium bonus-henricus)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
clade: Angiosperms
clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Chenopodioideae
Genera

about 25 genera, see text.
Atriplex halimus
Grayia spinosa
Halimione pedunculata

The Chenopodioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, formerly classified in family Chenopodiaceae.

Food species include several Chenopodium species (Quinoa, Kañiwa, Fat Hen, Good King Henry, and Epazote), Orache (Atriplex spp.), and Spinach (Spinacia oleracea).

Genera

The subfamily includes about 25 genera.

  • Tribus Atripliceae C. A. Mey.[1]
    • Archiatriplex G.L.Chu
    • Atriplex L. (Syn.: Blackiella, Cremnophyton, Haloxanthium, Neopreissia, Obione, Pachypharynx, Senniella, Theleophyton)
    • Exomis Fenzl ex Moq.
    • Extriplex
    • Grayia Hook. & Arn. (Syn. Zuckia Standl.)
    • Halimione Aellen
    • Holmbergia Hicken
    • Manochlamys Aellen
    • Microgynoecium Hook. f.
    • Proatriplex
    • Stutzia (Syn. Endolepis Torr.)
  • Tribus Axyrideae (Heklau) G. Kadereit & A. Sukhor..[1]
  • Tribus Chenopodieae[2]
    • Baolia H.W.Kung & G.L.Chu
    • Chenopodium L., Syn.: Ambrina Spach): with about 100 species
    • Cycloloma Moq.
    • Dysphania R.Br.:
    • Einadia Raf.
    • Micromonolepis Ulbr.
    • Monolepis Schrad.
    • Rhagodia R.Br.
    • Scleroblitum Ulbr.
    • Spinacia L., Syn.: Sevada Moq., Spinacea Schur, orth. var.):
    • Suckleya A.Gray

References

  1. ^ a b Gudrun Kadereit, Evgeny V. Mavrodiev, Elizabeth H. Zacharias & Alexander P. Sukhorukov: Molecular phylogeny of Atripliceae (Chenopodioideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for systematics, biogeography, flower and fruit evolution, and the origin of C4 Photosynthesis. - American Journal of Botany 97(10): 1664-1687, 2010.
  2. ^ GRIN: Chenopodieae
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