Atriplex canescens

Atriplex canescens

Taxonavigation edit

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 canescens

Varietates: A. c. var. canescens – A. c. var. gigantea – A. c. var. grandidentatum – A. c. var. laciniata –A. c. var. macilenta

Name edit

Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 1: 197. (1818)

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Calligonum canescens Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) 2: 370. (1813)
      • Type: (USA, South Dakota): Big Bend of the Missouri River, Lyman County, Meriwether Lewis s.n., 21 Sep 1904. Lectotype PH-LC 34 [right-hand specimen] 34.
  • Homotypic
    • Obione canescens (Pursh) Moq., Chenop. Monogr. Enum. 74. (1840)
    • Obione canescens (Pursh) Torr., Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts. 95. (1845), isonym
    • Pterochiton canescens (Pursh) Nutt., J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Ser. 2, i. 184. (1847), (but excluding the synonym Atriplex canescens)
  • Heterotypic (ref. Welsh 2008)
    • Atriplex nuttallii S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 116. (1874)
    • Obione nuttallii (S.Watson) S.C.Sand. & G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 162. (2017)
  • (ref. Hassler 2018):
    • Atriplex berlandieri Moq., Chenop. Monogr. Enum. 65. (1840)
    • Obione berlandieri (Moq.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 114 (1849)
    • Atriplex fruticosa Nutt. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 112. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Atriplex heterophylla Nutt. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 112 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Atriplex macropoda Rose & Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 21: 72 (1916)
    • Obione macropoda (Rose & Standl.) S.C.Sand. & G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 160. (2017)
    • Pterochiton occidentale Torr. & Frém., Rep. Calif. 318 (1845)
    • Atriplex occidentalis (Torr. & Frem.) D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. 5: 537 (1852)
    • Obione occidentalis (Torr. & Frem.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 112–113 (1849)
    • Atriplex canescens var. occidentalis (Torr. & Frem.) S.L.Welsh & Stutz, Great Basin Naturalist 44: 188 (1984).
    • Lophocarya spinosa Nutt. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 113 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Pterocarya spinosa Nutt. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 113. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
    • Obione tetraptera Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur 48–49 (1844)
    • Atriplex tetraptera (Benth.) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 311 (1912)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta (s.)
    • North-Central U.S.A.
      • Kansas (w.), Nebraska (w.), North Dakota (w.), Oklahoma, South Dakota
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
    • South-Central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico, Texas
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
    • Mexico
      • Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Hidalgo, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

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

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Four-wing saltbush
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