Comments about Flora of the Northeast: A Manual of the Vascular Flora of New England and Adjacent New York
page 452 Leaf shape and length to width ratio is used, in part, to separate Chenopodium album and C. strictum (couplet under 2nd stanza of couplet i). The leaf blades of C. album are too variable to allow this to be used as the primary character for separation. Sepal orientation in fruit and achene shape are better morphological characters. --- comment received 17 May 2004, author notified 24 May 2004
page 453 All the plants of Chenopodium ambrosoides in New England are not var. ambrosoides; var. anthelminticum also occurs in New England (these are now held at species rank in the genus Dysphania). --- comment received 17 May 2004, author notified 24 May 2004
page 453 Chenopodium pumilio is not a synonym of C. carinatum as stated (C. pumilio now transferred to the genus Dysphania). --- comment received 17 May 2004, author notified 24 May 2004
page 453 Chenopodium foggii is listed as a synonym of C. pratericola (incorrect) and also provided an entry as a species (number 8). It can't be both a synonym and a distinct species (the latter is the correct treatment). --- comment received 17 May 2004, author notified 24 May 2004
page 453 Chenopodium leptophyllum does not occur in New England (see H.A. Wahl 1954); specimens attributed to this species are Chenopodium pratericola and C. desiccatum. --- comment received 17 May 2004, author notified 24 May 2004
page 455 Chenopodium incanum does not occur in New England (no voucher specimens are known). --- comment received 17 May 2004, author notified 24 May 2004
page 455 Chenopodium berlandieri var. boscianum does not occur in New England (primarily southeastern United States). Plants referred to as this in New England are a mixture of Chenopodium standleyanum and C. foggii. --- comment received 17 May 2004, author notified 24 May 2004
page 455 Chenopodium watsonii does not occur in New England (voucher specimens are unknown). --- comment received 17 May 2004, author notified 24 May 2004
page 456 Chenopodium gigantospermum var. standleyanum is listed as a synonym of C. simplex. This is incorrect, it is a nomenclatural synonym of C. standleyanum. --- comment received 17 May 2004, author notified 24 May 2004