Kingdom Plantae Family Amaranthaceae Tribe Atripliceae Scientific name Rhagodia latifolia | Order Caryophyllales Subfamily Chenopodioideae Genus Chenopodium Rank Species | |
Similar Chenopodium parabolicum, Chenopodium hastatum, Chenopodium atrovirens, Chenopodium baccatum | ||
Chenopodium latifolium (Syn. Rhagodia latifolia) is a species of shrub endemic to midwest Western Australia.
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Description
It grows as a shrub from 40 centimetres to two metres high, leathery, elliptical leaves, and panicles of green flowers.
Taxonomy
It was first published as a variety of Rhagodia crassifolia by George Bentham in 1870, based on a specimen collected from Dirk Hartog Island by Allan Cunningham. In 1983 Paul G. Wilson promoted it to specific rank. After phylogenetical research, Fuentes-Bazan et al. (2012) included this species in genus Chenopodium.
Two subspecies are currently recognised: the autonym Chenopodium latifolium subsp. latifolium, and Chenopodium latifolium subsp. rectum (Paul G. Wilson) S.Fuentes & Borsch, which was published by Wilson in 1983.
Distribution and habitat
It occurs on coastal sand dunes and limestone cliff in midwest Western Australia, ranging from Geraldton north to the Murchison River.