Spinacia Spinacia L., Sp. Pl.: 1027. 1753 sec. Kühn 1993Type: Spinacia oleracea L.ContentNotes Notes The small Eurasian genus Spinacia is supported as monophyletic and sister to Blitum, both genera belonging to the tribe Anserineae Dumort. (Fuentes-Bazán & al. 2012a).