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205. Chenopodium urbicum L., Sp. Pl.: 218 (1753) [C. melanospermum Wallr. = “C.
melanospermum” sensu Guss. (1832)]
Especially in human sites on ruins. – S. Agata, Alimena, S. Filippo d’Argirò, Regalbuto, Paternò,
Piana dei Greci, Traina, Cesarò, Mistretta (Gussone 1827); Ficarazzi presso Palermo (Tineo)
(Gussone 1832); Messina al Salvatore (Prestandrea) (Gussone 1845: 800); Pantano Catania e
Simeto fino a Paternò, Lago di Lentini (Lopriore 1900); Roccapalumba, Termini, Ficarazzi,
Ficuzza, Mirto, Misilmeri (Lojacono 1904); Siracusa (Zodda 1929); Lago Fanaco, Lago Ancipa,
Lago Arancio (Brullo & Marcenò 1974 b); Palermitano: Fondo Carramusa (Raimondo & al.
1979); Foce del Simeto on the left bank! – NC.

206. Chenopodium murale L., Sp. Pl.: 219 (1753)
Uncultivated ground, ruins, urban sites. – Everywhere in the region. – CC.

* Chenopodium ficifolium Sm., Fl. Brit. 1: 276 (1800)
Close to C. album – Uncultivated ground. – Rare in Sicily and generally little collected.
Excluded by Fl. Europ. 1: 114 (1993) and by Atl. Fl. Europ. 5: 28 (1980). To be verified. – ?R.
207. Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex DC. in Lam. & DC., Fl. Franç. éd. 3, 5: 372,
n. 2258a (1815) [Isonym C. opulifolium Schrad. ex W. D. J. Koch & Ziz, Cat. Pl.: 6
(1814), nom. nud.]
Close to C. album – Gardens, colture, and abandoned sites. – Common everywhere in the region
and widely collected. – C.
208. Chenopodium album L., Sp. Pl.: 219 (1753) [C. viride L., Sp. Pl.: 219 (1753); C.
pedunculare Bertol.]
Linnean synonymous: the morphological differences derived from the habitat do not determine
taxonomic differences! – Uncultivated ground, ruins, weed in Summer and Autumn cultivations.
– Everywhere in the region. – CC.

209. Chenopodium amaranthicolor (Coste & A. Reyn.) Coste & A. Reyn. in Bull. Soc.
Bot. France 54: 181 (1904) [Bas. C. album subsp. amaranthicolor Coste & A. Reyn. in
Bull. Herb. Boissier sér. 2, 5: 979 (1905); C. giganteum D. Don]
Uncultivated ground and ruins. – Exotic native to India, reported in the surroundings of the
Botanical Garden of Messina by Musmarra (1935). Vittoria: orchards and gardens (Giardina!). –
R.
210. Cycloloma atriplicifolia (Spreng.) J. M. Coult. in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 143
(1894) [Bas. Salsola atriplicifolia Spreng., Nachtr. 1 Bot. Gart. Halle: 35 (1801)]
Sands with salt ponds. – Reported as occasional only in a single locality in the region (Giardina
1995 b) Arena di Catania between Plaja along Aeroporto Fontanarossa. Further surveys are rec-
commended, and possible findings. – RR.

211. Spinacia oleracea L., Sp. Pl.: 1027 (1753) [incl. S. glabra Lojac. (1904)]
Cultivated, rarely wild. – NC.

212. Atriplex halimus L., Sp. Pl.: 1052 (1753) [?incl. A. bocconi Guss. (1845) + A. hal-
imoides Tineo, Cat. Pl. Horti Panorm. 1827: 277 (1828)]
Cliffs and uncultivated sandy ground near the sea, in inner sites on salt lands. – Everywhere in
the region. – C.