Biology:Chenopodium desertorum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Chenopodium desertorum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Chenopodium
Species:
C. desertorum
Binomial name
Chenopodium desertorum
(J.M.Black) J.M.Black[1][2]
ChenopodiumdesertorumDistributionMap.png
Occurrence data from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms[2]

Chenopodium microphyllum var. desertorum J.M.Black

Chenopodium desertorum, common name frosted goosefruit,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, indigenous to Australia where it is found in all mainland states.[2]

Taxonomy

It was first described by John McConnell Black as Chenopodium microphyllum var. desertorum,[4] but in 1924 he redescribed it as Chenopodium desertorum.[1][2]

Several subspecies are accepted:[5]

  • Chenopodium desertorum subsp. desertorum
  • Chenopodium desertorum subsp. anidiophyllum (Aellen) Paul G.Wilson
  • Chenopodium desertorum subsp. microphyllum Paul G.Wilson
  • Chenopodium desertorum subsp. rectum Paul G.Wilson
  • Chenopodium desertorum subsp. virosum Paul G.Wilson

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Black, J.M. (1924) Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 181
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Chenopodium desertorum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/63913. 
  3. "VicFlora Flora of Victoria Chenopodium desertorum". Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation Victoria. https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/5f8ac41e-6532-4118-94a9-5dce447d5f7f. Retrieved 26 November 2018. 
  4. Black, J.M. (1922) Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 20. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 46: 566
  5. "Chenopodium desertorum". Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:164906-1. Retrieved 2018-11-22. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15589204 entry