Atriplex confertifolia

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 confertifolia

Atriplex confertifolia, (Torr. & Frém.) S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 119 (1874).

Basionym
- Obione confertifolia Torr. & Frém., Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts. 318 (1845).
  - Type: Southwestern U.S.A., Utah: Borders of the Great Salt Lake, near mouth of Weber River, Weber County. 1843, John Torrey 761. Holotype: NY00324362
Heterotypic (ref. Welsh 2008, Hassler 2018)
- Atriplex collina Wooton & Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 119 (1913).
  - Type: USA (New Mexico), dry hills near the north end of the Carrizo Mountains, 31 Jul 1911, P.C. Standley 7481. Holotype: US-686447.
- Obione collina (Wooton & Standl.) S.C.Sand. & G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 154. (2017)
- Atriplex subconferta Rydb., Fl. Rocky Mts. 248, 1061. (1917).
  - Type: USA (Idaho), Twin Falls and Shoshone Falls, 27 Jul 1911, Nelson & Macbride 1379. Holotype: NY, Isotypes: MO.
- Obione rigida (var. confertifolia sp. nov.) Torr. & Frém., in schedis
(+ ref. Govaerts 2024)
- Obione spinosa Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 108 (1849).
- Phyllocarpa spinosa Nutt. ex Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 108 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
- Atriplex spinosa (Moq.) D.Dietr. in Syn. Plant. 5: 536 (1852).

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- North-Central U.S.A.
  - North Dakota, South Dakota
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon (e.), Wyoming
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
- Mexico
  - Mexico Northeast (Chihuahua)

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.
Dietrich, D.N.F. 1852. Synopsis plantarum: seu, Enumeratio systematica plantarum plerumque adhuc cognitarum cum differentiis specificis et synonymis selectis ad modum Persoonii elaborata. Sectio 5. Vimariae: B. F. Voigtii. BHL Reference page.
Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Salsolaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 41–219. Masson, Paris. BHL Reference page.
Rydberg, P.A. 1917. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and adjacent plains. Published by the author, New York. BHL Reference page.
Torrey, J. & Frémont, J.C. 1845. Descriptions of some new genera and species of plants, collected in Captain J. C. Frémont's exploring expedition to Oregon and North California, in the years 1843–'44. In: Frémont, J.C. Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843–'44. Gales & Seaton, Washington.: 311–319. BHL Reference page.
Wooton, E.O. & Standley, P.C. 1913. Descriptions of new plants preliminary to a report upon the Flora of New Mexico. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16(4): 109–196. BHL Reference page.
Zhu, G.L. & Sanderson, S.C. 2017. Genera and a New Evolutionary System of World Chenopodiaceae. 361 pp. Beijing: Science Press. Reference page.

Welsh, S.L.
eFloras 2008. Atriplex confertifolia in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Welsh, S.L. & Crompton, C.W. 1995. Names and types in perennial Atriplex Linnaeus (Chenopodiaceae) in North America selectively exclusive of Mexico. Great Basin Naturalist 55(4): 322–334. BHL Reference page. : 331 (about Obione rigida)

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Atriplex confertifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 16. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. Atriplex confertifolia. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Atriplex confertifolia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 07 2016.

Tropicos.org 2016. Atriplex confertifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Apr. 2016.

English: shadscale saltbush, shad-scale, sheep's fat