Chenopodium album
The genus "Chenopodium" was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 (In: "Species Plantarum", Vol. 1, p. 218–222). Type species is "Chenopodium album". This generic name is derived from the particular shape of the leaf, which is similar to a goose's foot: from Greek χήν ("chen"), "goose" and πούς ("pous"), "foot" or ποδίον ("podion"), "little foot".