Taxon: Chenopodium quinoa Willd. subsp. milleanum (Aellen) Aellen

 
Genus: Chenopodium
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily: Chenopodioideae
Tribe: Chenopodieae
Nomen number: 409940
Place of publication: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 30:73. 1943
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 10-feb-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 17-jun-2008
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7)
Accessions: 140 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Synonyms:

Common names:

  • ajara  (Source: Econ Bot) - Quichua (Peru)

Economic Importance:

  • Gene sources: primary genetic relative of quinoa (fide H. D. Wilson, Econ Bot 42:478-494. 1988)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Southern America
    • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru


Reference:

  1. Wilson, H. D. 1988. Quinua biosystematics II: Free-living populations Econ. Bot. 42:478-494.

Check other web resources for Chenopodium quinoa Willd. subsp. milleanum (Aellen) Aellen :

  • 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=409940. Accessed 7 junio 2026.