Atriplex farinosa

Atriplex farinosa

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 farinosa

Subspecies: A. f. subsp. farinosa – A. f. subsp. keniensis

Name edit

Atriplex farinosa Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 123. (1775)

  • Type: Saudi Arabia: 'coastal plain' near Jeddah, Forsskaol s.n. Lectotype: C [IDC Microfiche no. 13/III 7.8] (designated by Boulos et al., Nordic J. Bot. 11: 311. 1991.)

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Obione farinosa (Forssk.) G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 157. (2017)
  • Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2018)
    • Atriplex arabicum Ehrenb. ex Boiss., Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 4(2): 917. (1879), nom. inval. in syn.

Homonyms edit

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • Northern Africa
      • Egypt (Red Sea and Sinai coast),
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia, Sudan, NW Somalia, ? Abd-al-Kuri
  • Asia-Temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia, S Yemen, S Oman (strictly coastal)

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

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