Chenopodium

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q158094
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Summary

Chenopodium is a taxon[1]. Chenopodium ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,820 views/month, #1,507 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Atripliceae[4]
  • Taxon name: Chenopodium[5]
  • Commons category: Chenopodium[6]
  • Taxonomic type: Chenopodium album[7], Chenopodium rubrum[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chenopodium[9]
  • Commons gallery: Chenopodium[10]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(2)[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2448[14]
  • Taxon common name: goosefoot[15], Hondebossies[16], سرمق[17], Tərə[18], Лебяда[19], Хеноподий[20], Quenopodi[21], merlík[22], Gåsefod[23], Gänsefüße[24], Αγαθόφυτα[25], Goosefoots[26], Hanemalts[27], Sabi[28]
  • Different from: Komosa[29]

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Identifiers

Chenopodium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3558[30]. Chenopodium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 37754[31]. Chenopodium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3083823[32]. Chenopodium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 20589[33].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Chenopodium include Solanum chenopodioides[34], a taxon[35].

Why It Matters

Chenopodium has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Chenopodium is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Chenopodium include Solanum chenopodioides[34], a taxon[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . (2402) Proposal to conserve the name Chenopodium (Chenopodiaceae s.str.; Amaranthaceae sensu APG) with a conserved type. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [33] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Mein schöner Garten. Retrieved . mein-schoener-garten.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Microsoft academic id (discontinued) → 2778415121
    Taxon rank → genus
    Different from → Komosa
    Topic's main category → Category:Chenopodium
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