Dysphania pseudomultiflora

Dysphania pseudomultiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Chenopodioideae
Tribe: Dysphanieae
Genus: Dysphania
Species: D. multifida
Binomial name
Dysphania multifida
(Murr) Verloove & Lambinon
Synonyms

Chenopodium foetidum Schrad. subsp. pseudomultiflorum Murr.

Dysphania pseudomultiflora (Murr) Verloove & Lambinon is an herbaceous plant native to southern Africa, in the family Amaranthaceae.[1][2] It is aromatic, and used medicinally in the region where it occurs.

The plant was long known as Chenopodium foetidum Schrad. subsp. pseudomultiflorum Murr. but recent studies have determined that Dysphania merits being recognized as a separate genus.[3]

Synonym

  • Dysphania pseudomultiflora (Murr) Verloove & Lambinon, Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 76(2): 219. 2006 [18 Dec 2006]
    • Chenopodium foetidum Schrad. subsp. pseudomultiflorum Murr Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 4: 991. 1904

References

  1. ↑ Verloove & Lambinon, Syst. & Geogr. Pl. 76(2): 219. 2006 [18 Dec 2006]
  2. ↑ Murr Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 4: 991. 1904
  3. ↑ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=111141
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