''Oxybasis rubra''
[Susy Fuentes-Bazan, Pertti Uotila, Thomas Borsch: ''A novel phylogeny-based generic classification for Chenopodium sensu lato, and a tribal rearrangement of Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae).'' In: ''Willdenowia.'' Vol. 42, No. 1, 2012, p. 15-16.] (
syn. ''Chenopodium rubrum''), common names red goosefoot or coastblite goosefoot,
is a member of the genus ''
Oxybasis
''Oxybasis'' is a flowering plant genus from the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae. It was first described in 1841, and newly used since 2012 for five species that were traditionally grouped into genus ''Chenopodium''. They o ...
'', a segregate of ''
Chenopodium
''Chenopodium'' is a genus of numerous species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoots, which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system; older classifica ...
'' (the goosefoots). It is native to North America and
Eurasia
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.
It is an
annual plant
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.
Conservation status in the United States
It is listed a special concern and believed
extirpated
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in
Connecticut
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. It is listed as endangered in
New Jersey
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, and as threatened in
Maine
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,
New Hampshire
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, and in
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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.
Native American
ethnobotany
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The
Goshute Shosone of
Utah
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use the seeds for food. The name of the plant in the
Goshute Shoshone language is on’-tǐm-pi-wa-tsǐp, on’-tǐm-pi-wa, on’-tǐm-pi-a-wa or on’-tǐm-pai-wa.
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Chenopodium rubrum''USDA Plants Profile: Chenopodium rubrumFlora of North America
Flowers in Israel
Chenopodioideae
Flora of the Canadian Prairies
Flora of California
Flora of the Great Basin
Flora of the California desert regions
Medicinal plants of Asia
Medicinal plants of Europe
Medicinal plants of North America
Flora of Lebanon
Flora of New Jersey
Flora of North America
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Plants used in Native American cuisine
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