Chenopodium
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:''"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)
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