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includes spinach and beets

↑Chenopodium, ↑genus Chenopodium, ↑Atriplex, ↑genus Atriplex, ↑Bassia, ↑genus Bassia, ↑Kochia, ↑genus Kochia, ↑Cycloloma, ↑genus Cycloloma, ↑genus Halogeton, ↑Salicornia, ↑genus Salicornia, ↑Salsola, ↑genus Salsola, ↑Sarcobatus, ↑genus Sarcobatus, ↑Spinacia, ↑genus Spinacia

the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian thistle, saltbush, and spinach.

goosefoot family,

a group of dicotyledonous herbs and shrubs especially common in alkaline regions, having coarse leaves, clusters of very small flowers, and dry, seedlike fruits (utricles). The family includes the beet, spinach, pigweed, saltwort, and Russian thistle.