Atriplex obovata

Atriplex obovata

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 obovata

Name

Atriplex obovata Moq., Chenop. Monogr. Enum. 61. (1840)

• Type: Mexico, Berlandier 1346; Dec 1827. Holotype: P; Isotypes: G.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Obione obovata (Moq.) Ulbr., Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 508. (1934)
• Heterotypic
  • Atriplex greggii S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 118. (1874)
  • Atriplex jonesii Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 21(1): 65. (1916), nom. nov.
    • Type: Winslow, Arizona. Sept. 1884, Jones 4109.
  • Atriplex sabulosa M.E. Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 11: 21. (1903), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Atriplex sabulosa Rouy 1890), replaced by Atriplex jonesii
  • Atriplex obovata var. tuberata J.F. Macbr., Contr. Gray Herb. 53: 11. (1918)
    • Type: USA (Texas), Fornillo Creek, Aug. 1883, Havard 103. Holotype: GH.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, Utah South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas Mexico Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1840. Chenopodearum Monographica Enumeratio. P.-J. Loss, Paris. BHL Reference page. : 61
• Jones, M.E. 1903. Contributions to Western Botany, No. 11. Mammoth Record, Robinson, Utah. BHL Reference page. : 21–22
• Macbride, J.F. 1918. New or otherwise interesting plants, mostly North American Liliaceae and Chenopodiaceae. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 53: 1–22. BHL Reference page. : 11
• Standley, P.C. 1916. Chenopodiaceae. pp. 1–93. In: North American Flora. Vol. 21, Part 1. The New York Botanical Garden. BHLReference page. : 65
• 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. : 208
• 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

Additional references

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

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Atriplex obovata. 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. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Atriplex obovata. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 12 2016.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Atriplex obovata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 10. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2016. Atriplex obovata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Apr. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: mound saltbush, New Mexico saltbush, broadscale

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