page_title: Chenopodioideae
section_title: Systematics
hierarchical_section_title: Chenopodioideae / Systematics
caption_attribution_description: English: Close-up of blooming Krascheninnikovia lanata - the 'Winterfat' plant. Growing in the southern end of Red Rock Canyon, near Blue Diamond, southern Nevada.
context_page_description: The Chenopodioideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Amaranthaceae in the APG III system, which is largely based on molecular phylogeny, but were included - together with other subfamilies - in family Chenopodiaceae in the Cronquist system.
  Food species comprise Spinach, Good King Henry, several Chenopodium species, Orache, and Epazote.
context_section_description: The genera of this subfamily were formerly classified in family Chenopodiaceae in the Cronquist system.
  According to Fuentes-Bazan et al. (2012) and based on molecular genetic research, the subfamily comprises 4 tribes and includes about 26 genera:
  Tribus Anserineae Dumort. (Syn. Spinacieae), with 2 genera:
  Spinacia L.: with 3 species in Western Asia and North Africa:
  Spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
  Blitum, with 12 species nearly worldwide, for example:
  Blitum capitatum - Strawberry Blite  (Syn. Chenopodium capitatum)
  Blitum bonus-henricus - Good king henry (Syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus)
  Blitum virgatum - leafy goosefoot (Syn. Chenopodium foliosum)
  Tribus Atripliceae C. A. Mey. (Syn. Chenopodieae Dumort.): Fuentes-Bazan et al. (2012) include here also Chenopodium and related genera, as Chenopodiastrum, Lipandra and Oxybasis.
  Archiatriplex G.L.Chu, with only one species:
  Archiatriplex nanpinensis G.L.Chu: endemitic in the Chinese province Sichuan.
  Atriplex L. - saltbush, orache (Syn.: Blackiella, Cremnophyton, Haloxanthium, Neopreissia, Obione, Pachypharynx, Senniella, Theleophyton), with about 300 species worldwide
  Baolia H.W.Kung & G.L.Chu, with only one species:
  Baolia bracteata H.W.Kung & G.L.Chu, endemitic in the Chinese province Gansu.
  Chenopodiastrum S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch: with 5 species, for example:
  Chenopodiastrum hybridum (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch (Syn. Chenopodium hybridum L.)
  Chenopodiastrum murale (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch - Sowbane, nettle-leaf goosefoot (Syn. Chenopodium murale L.)
  Chenopodiastrum simplex (Torrey) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch - Maple-leaf goosefoot (Syn.: Chenopodium simplex (Torrey) Raf.)
  Chenopodium L. - goosefoot (sensu stricto, incl. Einadia Raf. and Rhagodia R.Br.): with about 90 species worldwide.
  Exomis Fenzl ex Moq., with only one species:
  Exomis microphylla (Thunb.) Aellen: a subshrub in southern and western Africa growing in gardens and hedges.
  Extriplex E.H.Zacharias, with 2 species in western North America:
  Extriplex californica (Moq.) E.H.Zacharias - California saltbush, California orache (Syn.: Atriplex californica Moq.) 
  Extriplex joaquinana (A.Nelson) E.H.Zacharias - San Joaquin saltbush, San Joaquin orach (Syn.: Atriplex joaquinana A.Nelson)
  Grayia Hook. & Arn. - siltbush, hopsage (Syn. Zuckia Standl.), with 4 shrubby species in western North America, for example:
  Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq. - spiny hopsage
  Halimione Aellen - purslane, with 3 species in Europe and Western Asia, for example:
  Halimione portulacoides (L.) Aellen (Syn.: Atriplex portulacoides L.) - sea purslane
  Holmbergia Hicken, with only one species:
  Holmbergia tweedii (Moq.) Speg., a shrub in Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.
  Lipandra Moq.: with only one species:
  Lipandra polysperma (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch (Syn. Chenopodium polyspermum L.) - many-seed goosefoot
  Manochlamys Aellen, with only one species:
  Manochlamys albicans Aellen: a subshrub in southern Africa, Namibia and Cape province, growing on rocky an sandy slopes, sand dunes and road sides.
  Microgynoecium Hook.f., with only one species:
  Microgynoecium tibeticum Hook.f.: in Tibet and Sikkim, growing in alpine meadows and on disturbed sites.
  Micromonolepis Ulbr., with only one species:
  Micromonolepis pusilla (Torr. ex S. Watson) Ulbr. - small povertyweed, in western North America
  Oxybasis Kar. & Kir.: with 5 species, for example:
  Oxybasis chenopodioides (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch - low goosefoot (Syn. Chenopodium chenopodioides (L.) Aellen)
  Oxybasis glauca (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch - Oak-leaved goosefoot (Syn. Chenopodium glaucum L.)
  Oxybasis rubra (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch - Red Goosefoot (Syn. Chenopodium rubrum L.)
  Proatriplex (W.A.Weber) Stutz & G.L.Chu, with only one species:
  Proatriplex pleiantha (W.A.Weber) Stutz & G.L.Chu, an annual herb from western North America.
  Stutzia E.H.Zacharias (Syn. Endolepis Torr.), with 2 annual species in western North America:
  Stutzia covillei (Standl.) E.H.Zacharias (Syn. Atriplex covillei (Standl.) J. F. Macbr., Endolepis covillei Standl)
  Stutzia dioica (Nutt.) E.H.Z
caption: Krascheninnikovia lanata, tribe Axyrideae
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