Blitum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 4 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to N. Mexico, Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Queensland, Québec, Romania, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Australia, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Belarus, Cape Provinces, Chita, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Great Britain, Illinois, Ireland, Kentucky, Krym, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Norway, Rhode I., Sweden

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Chenopodium.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0