familyChenopodiaceae
genusChenopodium
subgenusChenopodium subg. Blitum
sectionChenopodium sect. Degenia
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Chenopodium sect. Degenia
Magyar Bot. Lapok 25: 56. 1926.
Plants annual. Leaf-blades usually triangular or rhombic, rarely lanceolate, green and farinose abaxially. Flowers: perianth segments 3, connate nearly to apex, margins entire; stigmas 0.2–0.5 mm. Seeds vertical and horizontal.
Distribution
Introduced; South America
Discussion
Species 2 (1 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 +
South America +
coiled +
curved +
developing +
large +
storage +
common +
white +
clustered +
bisexual +
mature +
sessile +
dense +
small white +
inflated +
spicate +
true +
green +
farinose +
lanceolate;rhombic;triangular +
alternate +
not fleshy +
connate +
superior +
attached +
campylotropous +
imbricate +
connate +
absent +
inconspicuous +
accrescent +
fleshy +
infolded +
mottled +
surrounding +
farinaceous +
copious +
absent +
absent +
Magyar Bot. Lapok +
1926 +
centrifugal +
inferior +
fusiform +
thickened +
scurfy +
inflated +
cylindric +
not imbricate +
absent +
absent +
stellate +
silvery +
not fleshy +
filiform +
lacking +
reduced;small +
fleshy +
absent +
prickly +
variable +
indistinct +
shiny +
verrucate +
Chenopodium sect. Degenia +
Chenopodium subg. Blitum +
section +
annual +
not imbricate +
absent +