Atriplex pacifica

Atriplex pacifica

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 pacifica

Name

Atriplex pacifica A.Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 17: 99. (1904), nom. nov.

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Atriplex microcarpa (Benth.) D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. [D. Dietrich] 5: 536. (1852), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Atriplex microcarpa Waldst. & Kit. 1812)
• Homotypic
  • Obione microcarpa Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur [Bentham] 48. (1844)
    • Type: United States. California; San Diego. G.W. Barclay s.n. Holotype: K.
  • Obione pacifica (A.Nelson) S.C.Sand. & G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 163. (2017), nom. illeg. nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Atriplex ramosissima Nutt. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 111 (1849) , nom. inval. in syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southwestern U.S.A. California 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

• Nelson, A. 1904. A decade of new plant names. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17(12): 99–100. BHL Reference page. 
• Bentham, G. 1844–1846. The botany of the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N., C.B., F.R.G.S, etc. during the years 1836–42. 195 pp., 60 tt. Smith, Elder and Co., London. 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. 
• Zhu, G.L. & Sanderson, S.C. 2017. Genera and a New Evolutionary System of World Chenopodiaceae. 361 pp. Beijing: Science Press. Reference page. 

Additional references

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

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Atriplex pacifica. 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 pacifica. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 12 2016.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Atriplex pacifica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug. 06. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2016. Atriplex pacifica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Apr. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: Davidson's saltbush, Pacific orach

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