Taxon: Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen

Genus:

Chenopodium

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Subfamily:

Chenopodioideae

Tribe:

Chenopodieae

Nomen number:

10193

Place of publication:

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26:126. 1929

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

10-may-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 18-oct-2018

Species priority site is:

North Central Regional PI Station (NC7)

Accessions:

750 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Common names:

canihua (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
kuimi (Source: Esp Veg Prom) - Quichua (Bolivia)
millmi (Source: Esp Veg Prom) - Quichua (Bolivia)
ccañihua (Source: Names Soukup) - Quichua (Peru)
cañihua (Source: Names Soukup) - Spanish (Peru)
kañagua (Source: Names Soukup) - Spanish (Peru)

Economic Importance:

Human food: pseudocereal (fide CultTropS)

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

Southern America

WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Peru [Cusco, Junin, Puno]

References:

Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993 (L Peru)
Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal 1991. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 1989-1998 (Esp Veg Prom) 6:342-355.
Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 (Mansf Ency)
Rehm, S. & G. Espig The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991 (CultTropS)
Soukup, J. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. (Names Soukup)

Check other web resources for Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen :

TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=10193. Accessed 7 junio 2026.