| Name | Blitum Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Genus |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Chenopodiaceae |
| Contains | Blitum asiaticum (Fischer & C. A. Meyer) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch Blitum atripriplicinum F. Mueller Blitum bonus-henricus (Linnaeus) Reichenbach Blitum californicum S. Watson Blitum capitatum Linnaeus Blitum hastatum Rydberg Blitum korshinskyi Litvinov Blitum litwinowii (Paulsen) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch Blitum nuttallianum Schultes Blitum petiolare Link Blitum sp. Blitum spathulatum (A. Gray) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch Blitum virgatum Linnaeus |
| Remarks | Lectotype: B. capitatum Linnaeus (vide N. L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 2: 15. 7 Jun 1913) |
| Citation | 1753 Sp. Pl. 1: 4 |