Towards a species level tree of the globally diverse genus Chenopodium (Chenopodiaceae)

► Plastid and nuclear data find Chenopodium s.l. as highly paraphyletic. ► Chenopodium s.l. comprises five well supported lineages. ► Two new lineages were found based on the broad taxonomic sampling. ► Chenopodium s str. can be well defined. ► Taxonomic and nomenclatural conclusions within Chenopodium are proposed.