Atriplex phyllostegia

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 phyllostegia

Name

Atriplex phyllostegia (Torr. ex S.Watson) S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 108. (1874)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Obione phyllostegia Torr. ex S.Watson, Botany [Fortieth Parallel] 291. (1871)
    • Lectotype: Nevada, Truckee Pass, May 1865, S. Watson #986. Lectotype: NY00259458, Isolectotype: GH00037221

• Homotypic
  • Endolepis phyllostegia (Torr. ex S.Watson) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 312. (1912)
• Heterotypic
  • Atriplex draconis M.E.Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 8: 40. (1898)
    • Type: USA: Nevada, Jones s.n.; 15 Jun 1897. Holotype: ?, Isotypes: MO.
  • Atriplex phyllostegia var. draconis (M.E.Jones) Fosberg, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 26: 694. (1941)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Northwestern U.S.A. Oregon Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• 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. : 108
• Watson, S. 1871. Botany. In: United States Geological Expolration of the Fortieth Parallel [sic!]. Vol. 5. liii + 525 pp. Washington, DC BHL Reference page. : 291
• Rydberg, P.A. 1912. Studies on the Rocky Mountain Flora – XXVII. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 39(7): 301–328. JSTOR BHL Reference page. : 312
• Jones, M.E. 1898. Contributions to Western Botany. No. 8. 43 pp. San Francisco, CA. BHL Reference page. : 40
• Fosberg, F.R. 1941. Notes on North American Plants I. American Midland Naturalist 26(3): 690–695. DOI: 10.2307/2420741 Reference page. : 694

Additional references

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

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Atriplex phyllostegia. 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. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Atriplex phyllostegia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 12 2016.
• The Plant List 2013. Atriplex phyllostegia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Apr. 12.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Atriplex phyllostegia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Apr. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: leafcover saltweed, Truckee orach