Chenopodium giganteum

Chenopodium giganteum
Close-up of Chenopodium giganteum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Chenopodium
Species:
C. giganteum
Binomial name
Chenopodium giganteum
Synonyms[1]
  • Atriplex bengalensis Lam.
  • Chenopodium amaranticolor (H.J.Coste & A.Reyn.) H.J.Coste & A.Reyn.
  • Chenopodium bengalense (Lam.) Spielm. ex Steud.
  • Chenopodium centrorubrum (Makino) Nakai
  • Chenopodium elegantissimum Koidz.
  • Chenopodium formosanum Koidz.
  • Chenopodium hookerianum Moq.
  • Chenopodium mairei H.Lév.
  • Chenopodium rubricaule Schrad. ex Moq.

Chenopodium giganteum, also known as tree spinach, is an annual, upright many-branched shrub with a stem diameter of up to 5 cm at the base, that can grow to a height of up to 3 m.[2]

  1. ^ "Chenopodium giganteum D.Don". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. ^ Zhu, Gelin & Mosyakin, Sergei & E. Clemants, Steven. (2003). Chenopodiaceae (Flora of China). in Flora of China, Volume 5, Chapter: Chenopodiaceae, Beijing: Science Press & St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven, pp. 351–414