Blitum atriplicinum

Blitum atriplicinum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Chenopodioideae
Tribus: Anserineae
Genus: Blitum
Sectio: Blitum sect. Atriplicina
Species: Blitum atriplicinum

Name

Blitum atriplicinum F.Muell., Trans. & Proc. Victorian Inst. Advancem. Sci. 1: 133. (1855)

• Lectotype (designated by Wilson in Fl. Australia 4:197. 1983): Cudnaka, 10.1850, F.Mueller. Lectotype: MEL.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Chenopodium atriplicinum (F.Muell.) F.Muell., Fragm. (Mueller) 7(50): 11. (1869)
  • Scleroblitum atriplicinum (F.Muell.) Ulbr., Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 16c: 496. (1934)
• Heterotypic (ref. Tropicos & Hassler 2018)
  • Amaranthus enervis (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Austral. 5: 216. (1870)
  • Euxolus enervis F.Muell., Fragm. (Mueller) 1: 140. (1859)
  • Amaranthus tenuis Benth., Fl. Austral. 5: 216. (1870)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia S-Queensland to NW-Victoria and E-South Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Mueller, F.J.H. von. 1855. Description of fifty new Australian plants, chiefly from the colony of Victoria. Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science 1: 28–48, 114–135. BHL Reference page. : 133
• Bentham, G. & Mueller, F.J.H. v. 1870. Flora Australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. Volume 5. Myoporineae to Proteaceae. 599 pp., London, L. Reeve & co. BHLReference page. : 216
• Mueller, F.v. 1869–1871. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 7. 166 pp. J. Ferres, Melbourne. BHL Reference page. : 11
• Mueller, F.v. 1858–1859. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 1. 252 pp. J. Ferres, Melbourne. BHL Reference page. : 140
• Ulbrich, O.E. 1934. Chenopodiaceae, in: Engler, A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (eds.): Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed.2. 16c, Engelmann, Leipzig: 379–584. Reference page. : 496

Additional references

• Fuentes-Bazan, S., Uotila, P. & Borsch, T. 2012. A novel phylogeny-based generic classification for Chenopodium sensu lato, and a tribal rearrangement of Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae). Willdenowia 42(1): 5–24. DOI: 10.3372/wi42.42101 Full text PDF Reference page. : 18
• Mosyakin, S.L. 2013. New nomenclatural combinations in Blitum, Oxybasis, Chenopodiastrum, and Lipandra (Chenopodiaceae). Phytoneuron 2013-56: 1–8. (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• APNI - Australian Plant Name Index. 2018. Blitum atriplicinum. Accessed: 2018 July 18.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Blitum atriplicinum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 July 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Blitum atriplicinum. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 24 2016.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Blitum atriplicinum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Feb. 2016.
• The Plant List 2013. Blitum atriplicinum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Feb. 24.

Vernacular names

English: Purple Goosefoot, Starry Goosefoot

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