Spinacia oleracea L.

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Notes:	Cultivated as a vegetable and so far not known as an escape.
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Worldwide distribution:	Native in western Asia; introduced elsewhere in Asia, northern and western Europe, North Africa and western and eastern USA.
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Literature:	Troupin, G. (1978). Chenopodiaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Page 228.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Spinacia oleracea
African Plant Database: Spinacia oleracea
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Spinacia oleracea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Spinacia oleracea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Spinacia oleracea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Spinacia oleracea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Spinacia oleracea
JSTOR Plant Science: Spinacia oleracea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Spinacia oleracea
Plants of the World Online: Spinacia oleracea
Tropicos: Spinacia oleracea
Wikipedia: Spinacia oleracea