Chamissoa

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Chamissoa altissima.jpg |image_caption = ''Chamissoa altissima'' |taxon = Chamissoa |authority = Kunth (1817) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = *''Chamissoa acuminata'' {{small|Mart.}} *''Chamissoa altissima'' {{small|(Jacq.) Kunth}} - False chaff flower *''Chamissoa maximiliani'' {{small|Mart. ex Moq.}} |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331483-2 ''Chamissoa'' Kunth]. ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 4 April 2024.</ref> |synonyms = ''Kokera'' {{small|Adans. (1763)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}

'''''Chamissoa''''' <ref>{{ITIS |id=20785 |taxon=''Chamissoa''}}</ref><ref>[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CHAMI ''Chamissoa''.] USDA PLANTS.</ref> is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae of the Caryophyllales order.<ref>Sohmer, S. H. A Revision of Chamissoa (Amaranthaceae) ''Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 104, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1977), pp. 111-126''</ref>

The genus was named in honor of 19th century botanist Adelbert von Chamisso, by Carl Sigismund Kunth. It is native to North and South America.

This genus is sometimes included in the family Chenopodiaceae.<ref>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?2398 ''Chamissoa''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605062214/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?2398 |date=2011-06-05 }} at Germplasm Resources Information Network</ref>

==Species== Three species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Chamissoa acuminata'' {{small|Mart.}} – central Mexico to northeastern Argentina *''Chamissoa altissima'' {{small|(Jacq.) Kunth}} – False chaff flower – Mexico and the Caribbean to northern Argentina *''Chamissoa maximiliani'' {{small|Mart. ex Moq.}} – Peru and northeastern Brazil to northern Argentina

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Amaranthaceae Category:Amaranthaceae genera Category:Adelbert von Chamisso Category:Flora of the Americas Category:Taxa named by Carl Sigismund Kunth