Species within a genus

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CHENOLEA (G)

Family: AMARANTHACEAE (= CEHENOPODIACEAE)

chēn, = a gander, goose, named from its wide bill;
olea, = an olive.
(allusion unclear)

(LS, BL)

Chenolea diffusa [Now Bassia diffusa] (La)

Location: (F)

dif-¸dis-, = asunder, in pieces, apart, in two, in different directions;
fundo, fusus, = to spread, extend, diffuse; spread out, extended, broad, large, copious, diffuse.
diffusus, = spread abroad, spread out, extended, wide.
(diffuse, loosely irregular or widely spreading, with branches diverging from the axis at an angle of 45° to 90°)
(ld, BL)