Dysphania graveolens, common name fetid goosefoot, is a plant found from Utah, Arizona and west Texas to Guatemala, Peru and northwest Argentina. It has been introduced elsewhere including the east coast of the United States (Maine, Massachusetts and New York state). It has many synonyms, including Chenopodium graveolens and Dysphania incisa.[2] In 2021, the correct name in Dysphania was said to be Dysphania graveolens,[3] although as of 12 April 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted the unpublished name Dysphania incisa.[2]

Dysphania graveolens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Dysphania
Species:
D. graveolens
Binomial name
Dysphania graveolens
(Willd.) Mosyakin & Clemants[1]
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Ambrina graveolens (Lag. & Rodr.) Moq.
  • Ambrina incisa (Poir.) Moq.
  • Chenopodium ambrosioides var. graveolens Speg.
  • Chenopodium graveolens Lag. & Rodr.
  • Chenopodium graveolens Willd.
  • Chenopodium incisum Poir.
  • Chenopodium mandonii (S.Watan.) Aellen
  • Chenopodium rigidum Lingelsh.
  • Dysphania incisa (Poir.) ined.
  • Dysphania mandonii (S.Watan.) Mosyakin & Clemants
  • Neobotrydium graveolens (Lag. & Rodr.) M.L.Zhang & G.L.Chu
  • Neobotrydium incisum (Poir.) M.L.Zhang & G.L.Chu
  • Teloxys graveolens W.A.Weber
  • Teloxys mandonii S.Watan.

Uses edit

The Zuni people steep the plant in water and inhale the vapor to treat headaches.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Dysphania graveolens (Willd.) Mosyakin & Clemants". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  2. ^ a b c "Dysphania incisa (Poir.) ined". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  3. ^ Mosyakin, Sergei L. (2021). "Nomenclatural and taxonomic comments on some taxa of Dysphania (Chenopodiaceae s. str. / Amaranthaceae s. l.)". Ukrainian Botanical Journal. 78 (4): 266–273. doi:10.15407/ukrbotj78.04.266.
  4. ^ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 45)