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Chenopodium graveolens

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Name

Identification
Chenopodium graveolens Willd. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Aellen, P., Chenopodium incisum Poir. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for CHENOPODIUM schraderianum Roem. & Schultes [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 76, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
CHENOPODIUM schraderianum Roem. & Schultes [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Syst. Veg. vi. 260.
CHENOPODIUM graveolens Lag. et Rodr. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], in Anal. Cienc. Nat. v. (1802), 70; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 898; not of Willd.
CHENOPODIUM fætidum Schrad. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin Mag. ii. (1808), 79; Moquin in DC. Prodr, xiii. ii. 76; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 903; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 183, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. Append. ii. 156; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 171; W. D. J. Koch, Syn. Deutsch. Fl. ed. 3, iii. 2209 in obs., not of Lam.
Information
Stem 2–5 ft. high, pubescent upwards. Leaves pinnatifid; blade 1–4 in. long; midrib pubescent and with scattered stalked glands beneath; surface with numerous yellow subsessile glands beneath. Inflorescence more loose than that of C. Botrys, Linn. Perianth-segments triangular, subcarinate.
Range
Also in America
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Pungo Andongo; between Luxillo and Cazello, Welwitsch, 6318! by the River Cuanza, near Quisonde, Welwitsch, 6319! Huilla; about Lopollo, Welwitsch, 6317!German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; Buchwald, 539!Eritrea Nile Land various localities, 3000–7000 ft., Schweinfurth, 328, 597, 700, 1328, 1375; Steudner, 637!Abyssinia Nile Land near Adowa, 4000–7000 ft., Schimper, 252! Ankober, Roth, 67!
Distribution (external)
South Africa
Notes
This species is so near C. Botrys, Linn., that high authorities do not agree in the sorting of the tropical African material. Nevertheless, Volkens (in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 1A, 61) appears to accept C. fætidum as distinct from C. graveolens. Though the species was originally distinguished from C. Botrys by its heavy unpleasant odour, Moquin says it is “highly aromatic.” As to the specific name to be applied to the species, both the names graveolens and fætidum have been confused and misused, even a century ago; the name “ C. schraderianum ” stands clear. It is to be d that this species varies in size much as does C. Botrys (including its var. procera), and occupies much the same area.

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