Axyris amaranthoides

Axyris amaranthoides

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: Axyrideae
Genus: Axyris
Sectio: Axyris sect. Axyris
Species: Axyris amaranthoides

Name

Axyris amaranthoides L., Sp. Pl. 2: 979 (1753).

• Lectotype (designated by Jonsell & Jarvis 1993, Regnum Veg. 127: 23): LINN LINN-1101.4.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Atriplex amaranthoides (L.) J.F.Gmel. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 116 (1849), nom. inval in syn. (as "amarantoides")
• Heterotypic (ref. Sukhorukov et al. 2022)
  • Axyris prostrata var. diffusa Fenzl in Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 3: 714 (1849).
    • Lectotype (designated by Sukhorukov et al. 2022) : [Sibiria]: “herb. Ledebour” (LE01019599!) upper twig at fruiting stage.
  • Axyris amaranthoides var. dentata Baranov, Zap. Kharbin. Obsch. Estestvoisp. Etnogr. 12: 35 (1954).
  • Axyris amaranthoides f. dentata (Baranov) Kitag., Neo-Lineam. Fl. Manshur. 248. (1979)
    • Type: [China] prov. Cheilungkiang [Heilongjang prov.] ad ostium fl. Argun, pagus Strelka, in ruderatis, 29 July 1950, A. Baranov [type collection not designated].
• (+ ref. Govaerts, Hassler 2024)
  • Axyris triflora Moench, Suppl. Meth. 120 (1802).

Note:: Sukhorukov et al., 2022. include here Axyris koreana.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Eastern Europe Belarus, C- & E-European Russia, Estonia, Latvia Asia-Temperate Siberia W-Siberia, C-Siberia Russian Far East Russian Far East Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan Caucasus Georgia [Caucasus] China Heilongjiang, Hebei, Gansu, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Qinghai, Nei Monggol, Xinjiang Mongolia Mongolia Eastern Asia Japan, North Korea introduced elsewhere References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 
• Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-Lineamenta Florae Manshuricae: or enumeration of the spontaneous vascular plants hitherto known from Manchuria (north-eastern China) together with their synonymy and distribution. (Flora et vegetatio mundi, Bd. 4.) Lehre: J. Cramer. 715 p. Reference page. 
• Fenzl, E. 1851. Salsolaceae. pp. 689–853. In: Ledebour, C.F.: Flora Rossica Vol. 3, Pars 2. BHL Reference page. 
• Moench, C. 1802. Supplementum ad Methodum Plantas a Staminum situ Describendi. IV + 328 pp. In officina nova libraria academiae, Marburgi Cattorum [Marburg]. MDZ Google Books 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. 

Additional references

• Sukhorukov, A.P., Shiposha, V.D., Kushunina, M. & Zaika, M.A. 2022. Biogeography and Systematics of the Genus Axyris (Amaranthaceae s.l.). Plants 11(21): 2873. DOI: 10.3390/plants11212873 Reference page. 
• Sukhorukov, A.P. 2005. Karpologische Untersuchungen der Axyris-Arten (Chenopodiaceae) im Zusammenhang mit ihrer Diagnostik und Taxonomie. Feddes Repertorium 116: 168–176. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.200511070 Reference page. 
• Gelin Zhu, Mosyakin, S.L. & Clemants, S.E.
• 'eFloras 2008. Axyris amaranthoides in Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Axyris amaranthoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Axyris amaranthoides. 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. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Axyris amaranthoides. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 11 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Russian Pigweed
suomi: Hörtsö

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