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Taxon:  Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen



Summary
Genus:
Chenopodium
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Chenopodieae
Nomen number:
10193
Place of publication:
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26:126. 1929
Verified:
05/10/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
12 (12  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
  2. Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1991. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 1989-1998 6:342-355.
  3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  4. Fuentes-Bazan, S. et al. 2012. A novel phylogeny-based generic classification for Chenopodium sensu lato, and a tribal rearrangement of Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae). Willdenowia 42:5-24.
  5. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
  6. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  7. Hegi, G. et al. 1960. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966- 3:576, 629.
  8. Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. Flora of Peru. 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Rea, J. 1968. Bibliografia sobre quinua y canihua.
  11. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
  12. Soukup, J. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 1970
  13. Standley, P. C. 1931. The Nyctaginaceae and Chenopodiaceae of northwestern South America. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11:121.
Common names
English
canihua –
Quichua (Bolivia)
kuimi –
millmi –
Quichua (Peru)
ccañihua –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruCuzco 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruJunin 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruPuno 
Cultivated
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Peru [Cuzco, Junin, Puno]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodpseudocereal Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=10193. Accessed 10 January 2025.

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