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Chenopodium sect. Blitum
Gen. Pl. 3: 52. 1880.
Basionym: Undefined sect. Blitum Linnaeus Sp. Pl.,Gen. Pl. ed. 1: 4. 1753,5, 6. 1754
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 280.
Plants annual. Leaf-blades lanceolate, ovate, or usually triangular, glabrous. Perianth segments 3 (–4), connate only at base or connate into irregular lobes, margins entire; stigmas 0.1–0.5 mm. Seeds vertical.
Distribution
North America, Europe, Asia
Discussion
Species 4 or 5 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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slippery +
not jointed +
not spinose +
leaflike +
absent +
1;5 +
monomorphic +
connate +
dimorphic +
absent +
coiled +
curved +
developing +
large +
storage +
common +
white +
clustered +
bisexual +
mature +
sessile +
dense +
small white +
inflated +
spicate +
glabrous +
triangular;ovate;triangular;ovate;lanceolate +
alternate +
not fleshy +
irregular +
connate +
connate +
superior +
attached +
campylotropous +
imbricate +
connate +
absent +
inconspicuous +
accrescent +
fleshy +
infolded +
mottled +
surrounding +
farinaceous +
copious +
absent +
absent +
Gen. Pl. +
1880 +
centrifugal +
inferior +
fusiform +
thickened +
scurfy +
inflated +
vertical +
cylindric +
not imbricate +
absent +
absent +
stellate +
silvery +
not fleshy +
filiform +
lacking +
reduced;small +
fleshy +
absent +
prickly +
variable +
indistinct +
shiny +
verrucate +
Chenopodium sect. Blitum +
Chenopodium subg. Blitum +
section +
annual +
not imbricate +
absent +