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Taxon:  Chenopodium quinoa Willd. subsp. quinoa



Summary
Genus:
Chenopodium
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Chenopodieae
Nomen number:
409941
Verified:
02/10/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Chenopodium quinoa Willd. (12 active accession[s])
Chenopodium quinoa Willd. subsp. milleanum (Aellen) Aellen (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Converse, R. H., ed. Virus diseases of small fruits. USDA Agriculture Handbook 631. 1987
  2. Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal. 1991. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 1989-1998 6:356-460.
  3. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990
  4. Fuentes, F. F. et al. 2009. Assessment of genetic diversity patterns in Chilean quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) germplasm using multiplex fluorescent microsatellite markers. Conservation Genet. 10:369-377.
  5. Fuentes, F. F. et al. 2009. Assessment of genetic diversity patterns in Chilean quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) germplasm using multiplex fluorescent microsatellite markers. Conservation Genet. 10:369-377.
  6. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008
  7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  8. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
  9. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  10. Soukup, J. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. 1970
  11. Wilson, H. D. 1988. Quinua biosystematics I: Domesticated populations. Econ. Bot. 42:461-477.
  12. Wilson, H. D. 1988. Quinua biosystematics II: Free-living populations. Econ. Bot. 42:478-494.
Common names
English
quinoa –
French
petit riz –
riz du Pérou –
German
Quinoa –
Reismelde –
Spanish
arroz del Perú –
quingua –
quinua –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaCordoba 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
2Cultivated     
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaNarino 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
Native
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Cordoba], Chile
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia [Narino], Ecuador, Peru
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Harmful organism hosttest organism for crop diseases Converse, R. H., ed. Virus diseases of small fruits. USDA Agriculture Handbook 631. 1987
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=409941. Accessed 9 January 2025.

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