Contains 3 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
ATRIPLEX Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1052. 1753, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Atriplex hortensis Linnaeus 1753, typ. cons.
Species
Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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Atriplex pentandra | CRESTED SALTBUSH | Native FAC (NWPL) | ||
Atriplex rosea | TUMBLING SALTWEED | Not Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
Atriplex tatarica | TATARIAN ORACHE | Not Native |
Identification Key
1. Larger leaf blades 3-15 mm wide, entire or some with few teeth; fruiting bracteoles 2-5 mm wide or long
1. Larger leaf blades 10-80 mm wide, usually with several teeth; fruiting bracteoles (3)4-8(10) mm wide or long
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2. Plants erect; leaf blade ovate to lanceolate, with Kranz anatomy
2. Plants decumbent; leaf blade ovate to deltate, without Kranz anatomy
Genus Synonyms
Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
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Armola | Armola Friche-Joset & Montandon, Syn. Fl. Jura 261. 1856. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Endolepis | Endolepis Torrey, in A. Gray, Rep. Explor. Railroad Pacif. Ocean 12(2): 47, pl. 3. 1860, non Schleiden 1846. | TYPE: Endolepis suckleyi Torrey 1860. | |
Halimione | Halimione Aellen, Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 49: 121. 1938. | TYPE: Halimione pedunculata (Linnaeus) Aellen 1938. (Atriplex pedunculata Linnaeus 1755.) Substitute name for Halimus Wallroth 1822, non P. Browne 1756. | |
Halimus | Halimus Wallroth, Sched. Crit. 117. 1822, non P. Browne 1756. | TYPE: Halimus pedunculatus (Linnaeus) Wallroth 1822. (Atriplex pedunculata Linnaeus 1755.) = Halimione Aellen 1938. | |
Obione | Obione Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 198. 1791. | TYPE: Obione muricata Gaertner 1791, nom. illegit. (Atriplex sibirica Linnaeus 1763; Obione sibirica (Linnaeus) Fischer 1808.) | |
Pterochiton | Pterochiton Torrey & Fremont, Rep. Expl. Exped. 318. 1845. | TYPE: Pterochiton occidentale Torrey & Fremont 1845. | |
Schizotheca | Schizotheca (C. A. Meyer) Lindley, Veg. Kingd. 513. 1846, non Ehrenberg 1834. | BASIONYM: Atriplex Linnaeus, sect. Schizotheca C. A. Meyer, in Ledebour, Fl. Altaica 4: 306. 1833. | TYPE: Non designatus. |
Theleophyton | Theleophyton (Hooker f.) Moquin-Tandon, in de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 44, 115. 1849. | BASIONYM: Atriplex L., (unranked) Theleophyton Hook.f., London J. Bot. 6: 279. 1847. | TYPE: Theleophyton billardieri (Moquin-Tandon) Moquin-Tandon 1849. (Obione billardieri Moquin-Tandon 1840.) |