Chenopodium

== Translingual == === Etymology === A scientific Latin calque (before 1500AD) of pes (“foot”) + anserinus (“gooselike”) (Pliny the Elder); from Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn, “goose”) + πούς (poús, “foot”). === Proper noun === Chenopodium n A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – chenopodiums; numerous herbaceous flowering plants, including goosefoot, lamb's quarters, and quinoa. ==== Synonyms ==== (genus): Einadia ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Amaranthaceae – family; Chenopodioideae – subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Chenopodium album (white goosefoot or lamb's quarters – type species; Chenopodium bonus-henricus (now often Blitum bonus-henricus, perennial goosefoot), Chenopodium quinoa (quinoa), Chenopodium berlandieri (lamb's quarters); Chenopodium foggii, Chenopodium fremontii, Chenopodium pratericola (desert goosefoot), Chenopodium standleyanum – selected other species; Chenopodium capitatum (now Blitum capitatum, strawberry blite, blite goosefoot, strawberry goosefoot), Chenopodium rubrum (now Oxybasis rubra, red goosefoot, coastblite goosefoot), Chenopodium simplex (now Chenopodiastrum simplex, maple-leaf goosefoot) – species now in other genera For more see Chenopodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies ==== Descendants ==== English: → goosefoot (calque), → chenopodium === References === Chenopodium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Chenopodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Chenopodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Chenopodium at USDA Plants database Chenopodium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Chenopodium at National Center for Biotechnology Information Chenopodium at Plants of the World Online Chenopodium at iNaturalist Chenopodium at the Open Tree of Life Web Project Chenopodium available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera