Amaranthaceae
Chenopodium

Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex W.D.J.Koch & Ziz

First published in Cat. Pl. Palat.: 6 (1814)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe, Medit. to Nepal, Eritrea to S. Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Altay, Angola, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Burundi, Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, North Caucasus, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Belgium, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Illinois, Indiana, KwaZulu-Natal, Maryland, Mauritius, Mexico Northwest, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Norway, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Réunion, South Australia, Swaziland, Sweden

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Authier, P. & Covillot, J. (2011). Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce). Saussurea; Travaux de la Société Botanique de Genève 41: 131-170.
  • B.A.Fedtschenko & al. (1937). Flora Turkmenii 2: 1-217. Turkmenskoe gosudarstvennoe izd., Ashkhabad.
  • Berry, M. (2022). Adventives and aliens news 26. BSBI News 150: 50-57.
  • Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flore des Mascareignes 136-148: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Breitfeld, M. & Horbach, H.-D. (2013). Interessante Funde aus Nordostbayern. Berichte der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Heimischen Flora 83: 169-174.
  • Brenan, J.P.M. (1954). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Chenopodiaceae: 1-26.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 2: 1-429. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • George, A.S. & Menadue, M. (eds.) (1984). Flora of Australia 4: 1-354. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. & Edmandson, J.R. (eds.) (2016). Flora of Iraq 5(1): 1-284. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Jonsell, B. (ed.) (2001). Flora Nordica 2: 1-430. The Bergius Foundaton.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. & Malyshev, L.I. (2003). Flora of Siberia 5: 1-305. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1988). Flora Zambesiaca 9(1): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.
  • Ri͡abinina, Z.N. & Kni͡azev, M.S. (2009). Opredelitel sosudistykh rastenii Orenburgskoi oblasti: 1-757. Moskva: KMK.
  • Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) in Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2012). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 3(2): 1-623. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Iraq

  • Aellen in Fl. Turk. 2: 302 (1967)
  • Assadi in Fl. Iran 38: 47 (2001)
  • Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 901 (1879)
  • Eig in Palest. J. Bot., Jerusalem ser., 3: 120 (1945)
  • Mouterde, Nouv. Fl. Lib. et Syr. 1: 409 (1966)
  • Rech.f., Fl. Lowland Iraq: 185 (1964)
  • Schrad. in Koch & Ziz, Cat. Pl. Palat. 6 (1814)
  • Sukhorukov & Akopyan, Comp. Chenop. Cauc.: 18 (2013).
  • Tackholm, Stud. Fl. Egypt: 422 (1956)
  • Uotila in Fl. Iranica 172: 52 (1997)
  • Zohary, Fl. Palaest. 1: 142 (1966)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Authier, P. & Covillot, J. (2011). Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce). Saussurea; Travaux de la Société Botanique de Genève 41: 131-170.
  • Berry, M. (2022). Adventives and aliens news 26. BSBI News 150: 50-57.
  • Bosser, J. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flore des Mascareignes 136-148: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 2: 1-429. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • George, A.S. & Menadue, M. (eds.) (1984). Flora of Australia 4: 1-354. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedge, I.C., Akhani, H., Freitag, H., Kothe-Heinrich, G., Podlech, D., Rilke, S. & Uotila, P. (1997). Flora Iranica 172: 1-371. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Jonsell, B. (ed.) (2001). Flora Nordica 2: 1-430. The Bergius Foundaton.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.
  • Ri͡abinina, Z.N. & Kni͡azev, M.S. (2009). Opredelitel sosudistykh rastenii Orenburgskoi oblasti: 1-757. Moskva: KMK.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by I. Friis & M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. & C. B. Cl. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6 (1): 78 (1909).
  • DC., Fl. Fr. 6: 372 (1815).
  • Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 2: 7 (1951).
  • [Schrad. ex] Koch & Ziz, Cat. Pl. Palat. 6 (1814).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 27, 1953 Holst, C. [8894] Tanzania K000243858 Unknown Type Material No
Davis [3631] Cyprus K005550255 Yes
Wolley-Dod, A.H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378784 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378785 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [1427] K005378801 Yes
[N. Hiotellis] [473] Cyprus K005550254 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4635] Yemen K005550269 Yes
Dony, J.G.; Dony, C.M. [4593] United Kingdom K005378781 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [5155] K005378770 Yes
Guest, E.R. [3671] Iraq K005550293 Yes
Casey, E.C. [1735] Cyprus K005550259 Yes
Scaetta [1264] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005551881 Yes
Clement, E.; Clement, E.J. [s.n.] K005378800 Yes
Britton, C.E. [755] United Kingdom K005378809 Yes
s.coll. [914] United Kingdom K005378793 Yes
Hausknecht [s.n.] K004110041 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Jones, A.P.D. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378795 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378816 Yes
R.G. [527] K005550280 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [1427] K005378802 Yes
[N. Hiotellis] [478] Cyprus K005550256 Yes
Chapman, E. [25380] Iraq K005550292 Yes
Britton, C.E. [3617] United Kingdom K005378812 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378811 Yes
{Clement, E.J.; et al. } [13] United Kingdom K005378788 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [2801] K005378779 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cyprus K005550260 Yes
Craene, D. [144] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005551882 Yes
Britton, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378814 Yes
Atherton, G.E. [571] Cyprus K005550262 Yes
Davis, P.H. [13755] Türkiye K005550272 Yes
Little, J.E. [743] United Kingdom K005378797 Yes
Atherton, G.E. [360] Cyprus K005550257 Yes
Sintenis, P. [1491] Iran K005550282 Yes
[Miss M.C. Webster] [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378806 Yes
Reekmans, M. [3911] Burundi K005551891 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [1427] K005378803 Yes
Meyers, F. [B5518] West Bank K005550278 Yes
[Abd]; [Karim]; [Khadhair] [13618] Iraq K005550289 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Sandwith, N.Y.; Hoyle, A.C. [6669] United Kingdom K005378815 Yes
Rawi, A. [26518] Iraq K005550291 Yes
Dyer, W.J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378792 Yes
Sukhorukov, A.; Stepanova, N. [904] Russia K001871154 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [3104] K005378772 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 12] United Kingdom K000914045 Yes
Little, J.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378796 Yes
Warion, A. (Dr) [s.n.] Algeria K005550427 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cyprus K005550261 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378810 Yes
Lebrun, J. [3709] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005551887 Yes
Crisp, P. [29] Iran K005550284 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378808 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 470] United Kingdom K000914046 Yes
Boulos, L. [s.n.] Kuwait K005550297 Yes
Ali al-Rawi; Serhang [24236] Iraq K005550290 Yes
Kasasian, L. [s.n.] Yemen K005550267 Yes
Platt, J.W.O. [596] Greece K005550274 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [1386a] K005378773 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [3104] K005378771 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Sandwith, N.Y. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378789 Yes
[P. Americanos]; [c/o A. Della] [ARI3283] Cyprus K005550253 Yes
Britton, C.E.; Little, J.E. [766] United Kingdom K005378799 Yes
Barkley, F.A. [32Ir] Iraq K005550288 Yes
s.coll. [3469] Burundi K005551889 Yes
{Miss B.M.C. Morgan} [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378804 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 535] United Kingdom K000914047 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378780 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [2801] K005378775 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378786 Yes
Warion, A. (Dr) [2599] Algeria K005550425 Yes
Barta, T. [s.n.] Austria K005378767 Yes
Casey, E.C. [1735] Cyprus K005550263 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [1729] Saudi Arabia K005550265 Yes
Lebrun, J.A. [7670] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005551885 Yes
Barta, T. [s.n.] Austria K005378768 Yes
Guest, E.R. [3671] Iraq K005550287 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378783 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [6696] Iran K005550283 Yes
Grizi, A. [s.n.] K005550276 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [3104] K005378776 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [2802] K005378769 Yes
Lebrun, J.A. [7670] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005551884 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [1386d] K005378778 Yes
Reekmans, M. [3911] Burundi K005551890 Yes
[J.H. Chappu] [38294] United Kingdom K005378794 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [4833] Egypt K005550270 Yes
[F.L. Hendricez] [1392] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005551886 Yes
Hendrickx, L. [7704] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005551880 Yes
s.coll. [27] Rwanda K005551888 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378782 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Sandwith, N.Y.; Hoyle, A.C. [6669] United Kingdom K005378805 Yes
s.coll. [3617bis] Egypt K005550271 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [1386b] K005378777 Yes
[Tute Bunge] [s.n.] K005550279 Yes
Rawi; Nuri; Tikriti [29053] Iraq K005550285 Yes
Thulin; Eriksson; Gifri; Långström [8114] Yemen K005550266 Yes
Platt, J.W.O. [596] Greece K005550264 Yes
Britton, C.E. [3617] United Kingdom K005378813 Yes
Atherton, G.E. [44] Cyprus K005550258 Yes
Britton, C.E. [960] United Kingdom K005378817 Yes
Lousley, J.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378807 Yes
Lebrun, J.A. [7670] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K005551883 Yes
Little, J.E. [766] United Kingdom K005378798 Yes
Salt, H.S. [H153726] United Kingdom K005378790 Yes
Wheeler Haines, R. [W554] Iraq K005550294 Yes
Wolley-Dod, A.H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378787 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1787] Yemen K005550268 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [2801] K005378774 Yes
Khan; Prance; Ratcliffe [700] Türkiye K005550273 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [s.n.] United Kingdom K005378791 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [[51b]] Lebanon K005550277 Yes
s.coll. [43856] Iraq K005550286 Yes

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