Taxon: Chenopodium quinoa Willd.

Genus:

Chenopodium

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Subfamily:

Chenopodioideae

Tribe:

Chenopodieae

Nomen number:

10194

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1(2):1301. 1798

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

15-abr-2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 12-jul-2018

Species priority site is:

North Central Regional PI Station (NC7)

Accessions:

3170 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Other conspecific taxa:

Common names:

quinoa (Source: BSBI) - English
quinoa (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
mjölmålla (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Distributional Range:

Native

Southern America

WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Cordoba] Chile

Cultivated

Southern America

WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia (w.), Colombia, [Narino] Ecuador, Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (n.w.), Chile

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993 (L Peru)
Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
Wilson, H. D. 1990. Quinua and relatives (Chenopodium sect. Chenopodium subsect. Cellulata) Econ. Bot. 44(suppl. 3):92-110.

Check other web resources for Chenopodium quinoa Willd. :

Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
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=10194. Accessed 7 junio 2026.