Chenopodium 1647864 225975373 2008-07-16T08:03:23Z IceCreamAntisocial 346507 /* Selected species */ link sp :''"Goosefoot" redirects here. The unrelated [[Smearwort]] (''Aristolochia rotunda'') is sometimes called "Mercury Goosefoot". {{Taxobox | name = Goosefoots, genus ''Chenopodium'' | image = Melganzenvoet bloeiwijze Chenopodium album.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Fat Hen (''Chenopodium album'') | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Caryophyllales]] | familia = [[Amaranthaceae]] | genus = '''''Chenopodium''''' | subdivision_ranks = species | subdivision = See text }} '''''Chenopodium''''' is a genus of about 150 species of [[flowering plant]]s, known generically as the '''Goosefoots'''. It contains several plants of minor to moderate importance as [[food]] crops, both [[leaf vegetable]]s and pseudo-[[cereal]]s, including [[Quinoa]], [[Kañiwa]], [[Fat Hen]], [[Good King Henry]], and [[Epazote]]. Goosefoots are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species; see [[list of Lepidoptera that feed on Chenopodium]]. In the [[APG II system]] (2003) it is placed in the family [[Amaranthaceae]], but earlier, for example in the [[Cronquist system]] (1981), it was placed in the family [[Chenopodiaceae]]. In some parts of northern India, the leaves (also known as bathua or chandaliya or chandali) are used for culinary purposes ==Selected species== *''[[Chenopodium album]]'' (Lamb's Quarter(s), Fat hen) *''[[Chenopodium ambrosioides]]'' ([[Epazote]]) *''[[Chenopodium berlandieri]]'' (Pitseed Goosefoot, Huazontle) *''[[Chenopodium bonus-henricus]]'' ([[Good King Henry]]) *''[[Chenopodium botrys]]'' ([[Jerusalem Oak Goosefoot]], Feathered Geranium) *''[[Chenopodium californicum]]'' (California Goosefoot) *''[[Chenopodium capitatum]]'' (Strawberry-blite) *''[[Chenopodium chenopodioides]]'' (Small Red Goosefoot) *''[[Chenopodium ficifolium]]'' (Fig-leaved Goosefoot) *''[[Chenopodium foliosum]]'' *''[[Chenopodium giganteum]]'' *''[[Chenopodium glaucum]]'' (Oak-leaved Goosefoot) *''[[Chenopodium hybridum]]'' (Maple-leaved Goosefoot) *''[[Chenopodium murale]]'' (Nettle-leaved Goosefoot) *''[[Chenopodium oahuense]]'' ([[Hawaiian]] Goosefoot) *''[[Chenopodium opulifolium]]'' (Grey Goosefoot) *''[[Chenopodium pallidicaule]]'' ([[Kañiwa]]) *''[[Chenopodium polyspermum]]'' (Many-seeded Goosefoot) *''[[Chenopodium purpurascens]]'' (Purple Goosefoot) *''[[Chenopodium quinoa]]'' ([[Quinoa]]) *''[[Chenopodium rubrum]]'' (Red Goosefoot) *''[[Chenopodium suecicum]]'' (Green Goosefoot) *''[[Chenopodium urbicum]]'' (Upright Goosefoot) *''[[Chenopodium vulvaria]]'' (Stinking Goosefoot, Notch-weed) [[Category:Chenopodium]] {{Amaranthaceae-stub}} [[ca:Blet]] [[da:Gåsefod]] [[de:Gänsefüße]] [[es:Chenopodium]] [[fr:Chenopodium]] [[hsb:Pólšica]] [[he:כף האווז]] [[lt:Balanda]] [[nl:Ganzenvoet]] [[pl:Komosa]] [[pt:Chenopodium]] [[qu:Ayara]] [[ru:Марь (растение)]]