Taxon:  Bassia scoparia (L.) A. J. Scott



Summary
Genus:
Bassia
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Salsoloideae
Tribe:
Camphorosmeae
Nomen number:
404228
Place of publication:
Feddes Repert. 89:108.  1978
Comment:
publication of this combination by A. Voss, Deutsch. Gartenrat 1(37):289-290. 1903 is reported in some references
Verified:
02/09/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  3. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  4. Ball, P. W. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  5. Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)
  6. Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255-267.
  7. Córdoba, M. C. et al. 2004. New natural hosts of Pepino mosaic virus in Spain. Pl. Dis. 88:906. Note: Scoparia scoparia, a weed in tomato fields in Spain, tested positive for Pepmv
  8. Dodd, J. & R. P. Randall. 2002. Eradication of kochia (Bassia scoparia (L.) A. J. Scott, Chenopodiaceae) in Western Australia. 13th Australian weeds conference papers & proceedings. Perth, Australia. Plant Protection Society of WA, Victoria Park, Western Australia.. 300-303.
  9. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  10. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1237.
  11. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  12. Everest, S. L. 1981. Poisonous plants of Australia. Note: poisonous
  13. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: = Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad.
  14. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  15. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad.
  16. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  17. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
  18. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  19. Judd, W. S. 1999. The genera of Chenopodiaceae in the southeastern United States. Harvard Pap. Bot. 4:404.
  20. Kadereit, G. & H. Freitag. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae): implications for biogeography, evolution of C4-photosynthesis and taxonomy. Taxon 60:73.
  21. Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
  22. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  23. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
  24. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  25. Miller, A. G. & T. A. Cope. 1996-. Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra.
  26. Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:83
  27. Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). Note: = Kochia scoparia
  28. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  29. Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
  30. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  31. Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. Note: lists as B. scoparia (L.) Voss.
  32. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
  33. USDA/ARS. INVADERS database system. The University of Montana (on-line resource). Note: = Kochia scoparia
  34. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English belvedere 1 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1237.
English burningbush 1 Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
English kochia as Kochia scoparia 1 USDA/ARS. INVADERS database system. The University of Montana (on-line resource). Note: = Kochia scoparia
English Mexican firebrush 1 McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
English Mexican fireweed 1 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English mock cypress 1 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English summer-cypress 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French ansérine belvédère 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1237.
German Besenkraut 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Besen-Radmelde 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1237.
Chinese di fu 地肤 as Kochia scoparia 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Japanese Rōmaji hōkigi as Kochia scoparia 2 Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). Note: = Kochia scoparia
Portuguese mirabela 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish mirabel 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish sommarcypress 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean daepssari 2 Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:83
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJilin 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNei Monggol 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNingxia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaQinghai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationAmur 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationPrimorye 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized  Romania  
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaKuwait  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Canada  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Amur, Primorye]
  • CHINA: China [Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Nepal
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized

  • REGION:
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Western Australia]
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Harmful organism hostcrop diseaseshost of Pepmv harmful to tomatoCórdoba, M. C. et al. 2004. New natural hosts of Pepino mosaic virus in Spain. Pl. Dis. 88:906. Note: Scoparia scoparia, a weed in tomato fields in Spain, tested positive for Pepmv
Human foodvegetable Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad.
Human foodvegetable Ball, P. W. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto livestockKingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto livestockEverest, S. L. 1981. Poisonous plants of Australia. Note: poisonous
Weed  Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
Weedpotential seed contaminant Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=404228. Accessed 30 April 2024.