Atriplex lentiformis

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Atriplex lentiformis

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: Chenopodieae (incl. Atripliceae)
Genus: Atriplex
Species: Atriplex lentiformis

Name

Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 118. (1874)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Obione lentiformis Torr., Rep. Exped. Zuni & Colorado Rivers 169. (1853)
    • Type: Rio Colorado, California. S.W.Woodhouse, Nov 1851. Lectotype: NY; Isotype: GH.
• Homotypic
  • Atriplex lentiformis subsp. typica H.M.Hall & Clem., Phylogenet. Meth. 335, pl. 54. (1923), nom. inval.
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2018)
  • Atriplex breweri S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 119. (1874)
    • Type: California, Santa Monica, sea shore. W.H.Brewer 75, Dec 1863. Lectotype: GH; Isotypes: NY, UC, US.
  • Atriplex lentiformis subsp. breweri (S.Watson) H.M.Hall & Clem., Phylogenet. Meth. 335–336. (1923)
  • Atriplex lentiformis var. breweri (S.Watson) McMinn, Man. Calif. Shrubs 113. (1939)
  • Obione breweri (S.Watson) S.C.Sand. & G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 153. (2017)
  • Atriplex orbicularis S.Watson, Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 377. (1881-82)
    • Type: California, Santa Monica, sea shore. S.B. & W.F. Parish, October 1881.
  • Obione orbicularis (S.Watson) S.C.Sand. & G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 163. (2017)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah Mexico Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Sonora References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Watson, S. 1874. A revision of the North American Chenopodiaceae. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 9: 82–126. BHL Reference page. : 118, 119
• Hall, H.M. & Clements, F.E. 1923. The phylogenetic method in taxonomy; the North American species of Artemisia, Chrysothamnus, and Atriplex. Washington,The Carnegie institution of Washington. BHL Reference page. : 335–336
• McMinn, H.E. 1939. An Illustrated Manual of California Shrubs. San Francisco. 689 p. Reference page. : 113
• Torrey, J. 1853. Botany. In: Sitgreaves, L.. Report of an Expedition down to the Zuni and Colorado Rivers. Washington, R. Armstrong: 155–178. BHL Reference page. : 169–170, pl. 14
• Watson, S. 1882. Contributions to American Botany. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 17: 316–382. BHL Reference page. : 377
• Zhu, G.L. & Sanderson, S.C. 2017. Genera and a New Evolutionary System of World Chenopodiaceae. 361 pp. Beijing: Science Press. Reference page. : 153, 163

Additional references

• Welsh, S.L.
• eFloras 2008. Atriplex lentiformis in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Atriplex lentiformis. 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 Sept. 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Atriplex lentiformis. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 11 2016.
• The Plant List 2013. Atriplex lentiformis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Apr. 11.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Atriplex lentiformis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Apr. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: quailbush, big saltbush, lenscale

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