
''Kochia''
[''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607] is a synonym of the
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
''
Bassia'', which belongs to the subfamily
Camphorosmoideae of family
Amaranthaceae.
[Gudrun Kadereit & Helmut Freitag: ''Molecular phylogeny of Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for biogeography, evolution of C4-photosynthesis and taxonomy'', In: ''Taxon'', Volume 60 (1), 2011, p. 51-78.]
Two American species traditionally included in ''Kochia'' are now in genus ''
Neokochia'': ''
Neokochia americana'' and ''
Neokochia californica''.
References
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Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae genera
Historically recognized angiosperm genera