Chenopodiastrum murale (L.) S. Fuentes & al. (syn. Chenopodium murale L.)

Taxonomy: Fam. Chenopodiaceae// Genus: Chenopodiastrum// Species: Chenopodiastrum murale (L.) S. Fuentes & al.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Brenan (1964, in Tutin et al.) and Micevski (1995) as Chenopodium murale L., Sp. Pl. 219 (1753). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Uotila, 2011+) is Chenopodiastrum murale (L.) S. Fuentes & al. in Willdenowia 42: 14. 2012.

Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Macaronesia, Europe, Mediterranean to Northeast Tropical Africa and Sri Lanka according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Disturbed ground – ruderal areas in Kochani region.

Flowering period: Late summer – autumn: AUG, SEP, OCT.

*Chenopodiastrum murale* – habit. Kochani, 21.09.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Chenopodiastrum murale (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77121007-1 [Accessed 21.09.2024].

Chenopodiastrum murale. Uotila, P. (2011+): Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8d1972a6-5c06-4baa-b36c-4379ede522b3 [Accessed 21.09.2024].

Brenan, J. P. M. 1964. Chenopodium L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 92–95.

Micevski, K. 1995. Chenopodium L., The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 3. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 411 – 423.

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