Taxon: Blitum bonus-henricus (L.) Rchb.

Summary

Genus:

Blitum

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Subfamily:

Chenopodioideae

Tribe:

Anserineae

Nomen number:

466043

Place of publication:

Fl. germ. excurs. 582. 1832

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6164006

Verified:

11/30/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Chenopodium bonus-henricus L.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Fuentes-Bazan, S. et al. 2012. A novel phylogeny-based generic classification for Chenopodium sensu lato, and a tribal rearrangement of Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae). Willdenowia 42:18.

Common names

LANGUAGE	NAME	NOTE	SEQ	CITATION
English	allgood	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	1	Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
English	fat-hen	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	Good King Henry	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	mercury	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	1	Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
English	perennial goosefoot	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	wild spinach	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
French	ansérine Bon-Henri	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	2	Feuillet, C. 1998. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
French	bon Henri	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	épinard sauvage	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	guter Heinrich	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	wilder Mehlspinat	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Spanish	buen Enrique	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	pie de ganso	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	lungrot	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Belarus
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Estonia
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Latvia
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Lithuania
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation-European part	European part	w.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Ukraine
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Austria
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Czech Republic
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Germany
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Hungary
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Poland
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Slovakia
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Switzerland
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Norway		s.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Sweden		s.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Albania
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bulgaria
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Croatia
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy		incl. Sicily
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Montenegro
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	North Macedonia
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Romania
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Serbia
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Slovenia
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France		incl. Corsica
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain		n.
4	Naturalized					natzd. elsewhere in temperate regions

Native
Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: Norway (s.), Sweden (s.)
MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (w.)], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sicily), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (n.), France (incl. Corsica)

Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere in temperate regions)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	vegetable	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Human food	vegetable	as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Weed		as Chenopodium bonus-henricus	CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1968-1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables 20.9.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grin-global.warwick.ac.uk/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=466043. Accessed 21 November 2024.