Chenopodium

Chenopodium
"Goosefoot" redirects here. The unrelated smearwort (Aristolochia rotunda) is sometimes called "Mercury goosefoot".
Goosefoots
Many-seeded Goosefoot
(Chenopodium polyspermum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Chenopodioideae
Genus: Chenopodium
Species

Many, see text

Chenopodium is a genus of about 150[verification needed] species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoots, which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system; older classifications separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae, but this leaves the rest of the Amaranthaceae polyphyletic. However, among the Amaranthaceae, the genus Chenopodium is the namesake member of the subfamily Chenopodioideae. The genus Dysphania is closely related, and contains several species formerly placed in Chenopodium, such as epazote (D. ambrosioides).

In Australia, the larger Chenopodium species are among the plants called "bluebushes". Chualar in California is named after a Native American term for a goosefoot abundant in the region, probably the California goosefoot (C. californicum).

Uses and ecology

Strawberry blite (C. capitatum) leaves are edible, as are the red inflorescencesthough they look like fruit, they actually taste like spinach.
Cooked quinoa (C. quinoa) seeds

The genus Chenopodium contains several plants of minor to moderate importance as food crops as leaf vegetablesused like the closely related spinach (Spinacia oleracea) and similar plants called quelite in Mexicoand pseudocereals. These include white goosefoot (C. album), Good King Henry (C. bonus-henricus), strawberry blite (C. capitatum), leafy goosefoot (C. foliosum), kañiwa (C. pallidicaule) and quinoa (C. quinoa). On the Greek island of Crete, tender shoots and leaves of a species called krouvida (κρουβίδα) or psarovlito (ψαρόβλητο) is eaten by the locals, boiled or steamed. As studied by Kristen Gremillion and others, goosefoots have a history of culinary use dating back to 4000 BC or earlier, when pitseed goosefoot (C. berlandieri) was a staple crop in the Native American eastern agricultural complex, and white goosefoot was apparently used by the Ertebølle culture of Europe.

There is increased interest in particular in goosefoot seeds today, which are suitable as part of a gluten-free diet. Quinoa oil, extracted from the seeds of C. quinoa, has similar properties, but is superior in quality, to corn oil. Oil of chenopodium is extracted from the seeds of epazote, which is not in this genus anymore. Shagreen leather was produced in the past using the small, hard goosefoot seeds. C. album was one of the main model organisms for the molecular biological study of chlorophyllase.

Goosefoot pollen, in particular of the widespread and usually abundant C. album, is an allergen to many people and a common cause of hay fever. The same species, as well as some others, have seeds which are able to persist for years in the soil seed bank. Many goosefoot species are thus significant weeds, and some have become invasive species.

Certain species grow in large thickets, providing cover for small animals. Goosefoot foliage is used as food by the caterpillars of certain [[Lepidoptera. The seeds are eaten by many birds, such as the yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) of Europe or the white-winged fairy-wren (Malurus leucopterus) of Australia. Goosefoot pathogens include the positive-sense ssRNA viruses - apple stem grooving virus, sowbane mosaic virus and tobacco necrosis virus.

Selected species

Chenopodium carinatum
Oak-leaved goosefoot (Chenopodium glaucum)
Left: Upright Goosefoot (Chenopodium urbicum)
Right: Maple-leaved Goosefoot (Chenopodium hybridum)
ʻĀheahea (Chenopodium oahuense)
  • Chenopodium acuminatum Willd.
  • Chenopodium albumwhite goosefoot, nickel greens, dungweed, bathua, chandali, chandaliya, fat hen, lamb's quarters, pigweed
    • Chenopodium album ssp. amaranticolor
  • Chenopodium atrovirensdark goosefoot, pinyon goosefoot
  • Chenopodium auricomiforme
  • Chenopodium auricomumQueensland bluebush
  • Chenopodium berlandieripitseed goosefoot, southern huauzontle, lambsquarters
    • Chenopodium berlandieri ssp. nuttalliae (Saff.) H.D.Wilson & Heiser
    • Chenopodium berlandieri var. bushianum
    • Chenopodium berlandieri var. zschackii
  • Chenopodium bonus-henricusGood King Henry, perennial goosefoot, poor-man's asparagus, Lincolnshire spinach, markery
  • Chenopodium botrysJerusalem oak goosefoot, Jerusalem oak, feathered geranium
  • Chenopodium bushianumvillage goosefoot
  • Chenopodium californicumCalifornia goosefoot, Indian lettuce
  • Chenopodium capitatumstrawberry blite, blite goosefoot, strawberry goosefoot, strawberry spinach, Indian paint, Indian ink
  • Chenopodium carinatum R.Br.
  • Chenopodium chenopodioidessmall red Goosefoot, saltmarsh goosefoot
  • Chenopodium cristatum (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
  • Chenopodium curvispicatum
  • Chenopodium desertorumdesert goosefoot
    • Chenopodium desertorum ssp. anidiophyllum
    • Chenopodium desertorum ssp. desertorum
    • Chenopodium desertorum ssp. microphyllum
    • Chenopodium desertorum ssp. rectum
    • Chenopodium desertorum ssp. virosum
  • Chenopodium desiccatumnarrowleaf goosefoot
  • Chenopodium erosum R.Br.
  • Chenopodium ficifoliumfig-leaved goosefoot, small goosefoot
  • Chenopodium foggiiFogg's goosefoot
  • Chenopodium foliosumleafy goosefoot
  • Chenopodium fremontiiFremont's goosefoot
  • Chenopodium giganteum D.Dontree spinach
  • Chenopodium glaucumoak-leaved goosefoot, glaucous goosefoot
  • Chenopodium helenense Aellen
  • Chenopodium hiansHians goosefoot
  • Chenopodium hircinum Schrad.
  • Chenopodium humilemarshland goosefoot
  • Chenopodium hybridummaple-leaved goosefoot, sowbane
  • Chenopodium incanummealy goosefoot
  • Chenopodium leptophyllumnarrowleaf goosefoot
  • Chenopodium littoreum
  • Chenopodium melanocarpumblack crumbweed
  • Chenopodium missourienseMissouri goosefoot (sometimes considered a variety of C. album)
  • Chenopodium multifidumcutleaf goosefoot
  • Chenopodium muralenettle-leaved goosefoot
  • Chenopodium nitrariaceum (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.nitre goosefoot
  • Chenopodium nuttalliaehuauzontle
  • Chenopodium oahuenseʻĀheahea (Hawaiʻi)
  • Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex W.D.J.Kochgrey goosefoot
  • Chenopodium pallidicaulekañiwa
  • Chenopodium polyspermummany-seeded goosefoot
    • Chenopodium polyspermum var. acutifolium
  • Chenopodium pratericola Rydb.pale goosefoot, desert goosefoot, narrowleaf goosefoot
  • Chenopodium probstii Aellen
  • Chenopodium pumilio R.Br.clammy goosefoot
  • Chenopodium purpurascenspurple goosefoot
  • Chenopodium quinoaquinoa
  • Chenopodium retusum
  • Chenopodium rubrumred goosefoot, coastblite goosefoot
  • Chenopodium salinumRocky Mountain goosefoot
  • Chenopodium simplexgiantseed goosefoot
  • Chenopodium standleyanumStandley's goosefoot
  • Chenopodium strictum Roth
  • Chenopodium subglabrumsmooth arid goosefoot, smooth goosefoot
  • Chenopodium suecicumgreen goosefoot
  • Chenopodium truncatum
  • Chenopodium urbicumupright goosefoot
  • Chenopodium × variabile (C. album × C. berlandieri)
  • Chenopodium vulvariastinking goosefoot, notchweed
  • Chenopodium watsoniiWatson's goosefoot

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  • Chenopodium — Chenopodium …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Chenopodium — n. a genus of plants comprising the goosefoots and including the pigweed. Syn: genus {Chenopodium}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chenopodĭum — (Ch. L., Gänsefuß, Schmergel), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Chenopodeae Cyclolobeae Chenopodieae Kochieae, 5. Klasse 2. Ordnung L., mit zwitterigen Blüthen, die Blüthenhülle fünfspaltig od. fünftheilig, auf dem Rücken ohne Anhängsel, 5… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Chenopodĭum — L. (Gänsefuß, Schmergel, Melde), Gattung der Chenopodiazeen, einjährige oder ausdauernde Kräuter, selten Sträucher mit meist dreieckig rhombischen, buchtig gezahnten, selten fast fiederspaltigen, mehligen oder drüsenhaarigen Blättern, kleinen,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Chenopodium — Chenopodium …   Wikipédia en Français

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