Familia:Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus:Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia:Chenopodioideae
Tribus:Anserineae
Genus:Blitum
Sectiones:B. sect. Atriplicina –B. sect. Blitum

Overview of species:B. antarcticum –B. asiaticum –B. atriplicinum –B. bonus-henricus –B. californicum –B. capitatum –B. korshinskyi –B. litwinowii –B. nuttallianum –B. petiolare –B. venetum –B. virgatum

Nothospecies:B. × tkalcsicsii

BlitumL., Sp. Pl. 1:4 (1753).

• Type species:Blitum capitatumL. (Lectotype designated byN.L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 2: 15, 1913).

• Homotypic
  • MorocarpusBoehmer inLudwig, Def. Gen. Pl., ed. 3: 385. (1760), nom. illeg.
  • Chenopodium sect.Blitum (L.)Benth. &Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 3(1):52 (1880)
  • Chenopodium sect.EublitumAellen, Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 41: 103. (1930)
  • Chenopodium subg.Blitum (L.)Hiitonen, Suom. Kasvio: 307. (1933)
    • Type: (designated by Britton & Brown, ill. Fl. n.u.S. 2: 15. 1913; confirmed by Hitchcock in Prop. Brit. Bot.: 115. 1929):Blitum capitatumL. (=Morocarpus capitatus (L.)Scop.,Chenopodium capitatum (L.)Ambrosi).
• Heterotypic
  • AnserinaDumort., Fl. Belg.:21 (1827)
  • AgathophytumMoq., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 2, 1: 291. (1834), nom. illeg.
  • Orthosporum subg.AgathophytumT. Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ., fasc. 7: ad t. 6 (or t. [127]; or vol. [1]; t. 57). (1835)
  • Chenopodium sect.Agathophytum (T. Nees)Benth. &Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 3: 52. (1880)
    • Type:Anserina bonus-henricus (L.)Dumort. (=Chenopodium bonus-henricus L.,Blitum bonus-henricus (L.)Rchb.,Agathophytum bonus-henricus (L.)Moq.).
  • CarocarpidiumS.C.Sand. &G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 334. (2017)
    • Type:Carocarpidium californicum (S.Watson)S.C.Sand. &G.L.Chu
  • Chenopodium [unranked]CalifornicaStandl., in N. Amer. Fl. 21: 30. (1916)
    • Type:Chenopodium californicum (S. Wats.)S. Wats. (=Blitum californicumS. Wats.)
  • MonolepisSchrad., Index Seminum Hort. Acad. Gotting. 1830: 4. (1830)
    • Type:Monolepis trifida (Trevir.)Schrad. (=Chenopodium trifidumTrevir.) [=Blitum nuttallianumSchult.]
  • ScleroblitumUlbr., inEngler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 16c: 495. (1934)
  • Chenopodium sect.AtriplicinaAellen, Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 41: 99. (1930)
    • Type:Scleroblitum atriplicinum (F. Muell.)Ulbr. (=Blitum atriplicinumF. Muell.,Chenopodium atriplicinum (F. Muell.)F. Muell.)

• BlitumScop., (Fl. Carniol. (ed. 2): 237. (1772), nom. illeg.
• BlitumHeist. exFabr., Enum. 198. (1759)., nom. illeg.

• Linnaeus, C. 1753.Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm].BHLReference page. 
• Bentham, G. &Hooker, J.D. 1880.Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 3, pars 1, sistens Dicotyledonum Monochlamydearum ordines XXXVI (Nyctagnieas – Ceratophylleas) et Gymnospermearum ordines III (Gnetaceas – Cycadaceas). A. Black, 459 pp. Londini [London].BHLReference page. 
• Dumortier, B.C.J. 1827.Florula Belgica, opera majoris prodromus. 172 pp., Casterman, Tornacum Nerviorum.BHLMDZReference page. 
• Zhu, G.L. &Sanderson, S.C. 2017.Genera and a New Evolutionary System of World Chenopodiaceae. 361 pp. Beijing: Science Press.Reference page. 

• Sukhorukov, A.,Nilova, M.V.,Krinitsina, A.A.,Zaika, M.A.,Erst, A. &Shepherd, K.A. 2018. Molecular phylogenetic data and seed coat anatomy resolve the generic position of some critical Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae – Amaranthaceae) with reduced perianth segments.PhytoKeys 109(2): 103–128.DOI:10.3897/phytokeys.109.28956Reference page. 
• Fuentes-Bazan, S.,Uotila, P. &Borsch, T. 2012. A novel phylogeny-based generic classification forChenopodium sensu lato, and a tribal rearrangement of Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae).Willdenowia 42(1): 5–24.DOI:10.3372/wi42.42101Full text PDFReference page. : 16-18
• Mosyakin, S.L. 2012. New nomenclatural combinations inBlitum L. andKali Mill. (Chenopodiaceae): Taxa occurring in Eastern Europe.Ukrayins'kyi Botanicnyi Zhurnal 69(3): 393–396.PDFReference page. 
• Mosyakin, S.L. 2013. New nomenclatural combinations inBlitum,Oxybasis,Chenopodiastrum, andLipandra (Chenopodiaceae).Phytoneuron 2013-56: 1–8.(PDF)Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R.et al. 2024.Blitum inKew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of theRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 07.Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018.Blitum.World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In:Roskovh, Y.,Abucay, L.,Orrell, T.,Nicolson, D.,Bailly, N.,Kirk, P.,Bourgoin, T.,DeWalt, R.E.,Decock, W.,De Wever, A.,Nieukerken, E. van,Zarucchi, J. &Penev, L., eds. 2018.Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 July 18.Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016.Blitum. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 24 2016.Reference page.

• Tropicos.org 2016.Blitum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Feb. 2016.

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