Grayia (Amaranthaceae)

Grayia spinosa

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: Grayia
Species (4): G. arizonica – G. brandegeei – G. plummeri – G. spinosa

Names in synonymy
Names in synonymy: G. polygaloides for Eremosemium: E. brandegeei – E. spinosum for Zuckia: Z. arizonica – Z. brandegeei

Name

Grayia Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beechey Voy. 387. (1840)

• Type species: Grayia polygaloides Hook. & Arn. (= synonym of Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq.)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Eremosemium Greene, Pittonia 4(23): 225. (1900)
    • Type species: Eremosemium spinosum (Hook.) Greene
  • Zuckia Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 58. (1915)
    • Type species: Zuckia arizonica Standl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington State, Wyoming Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. & Arnott, G.A.W. 1830–1841. The Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage. [10 parts: 1, pp. 1–48 (1830); 2, pp. 49–96 (1832); 3, pp. 97–144 (1832); 4, pp. 145–192 (1833); 5, pp. 193–240 (1837); 6, pp. 241–288 (1838); 7, pp. 289–336 (1838); 8, pp. 337–384 (1839); 9, pp. 385–432 (1840); 10, pp. 433–485 (1841)], London, H. G. Bohn. BHL Reference page. 
• Greene, E.L. 1900. Corrections in nomenclature. III. Pittonia 4: 224–226. BHL Reference page. 
• Standley, P.C. 1915. A new genus of Chenopodiaceae from Arizona. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5(2): 57–59. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Zacharias, E.H. & Baldwin, B.G. 2010. A molecular phylogeny of North American Atripliceae (Chenopodiaceae), with implications for floral and photosynthetic pathway evolution. Systematic Botany 35(4): 839–857. DOI: 10.1600/036364410X539907 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Grayia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Sept. 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Grayia . 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 Sept. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Grayia . Published online. Accessed: Feb. 26 2016.

• Tropicos.org 2016. Grayia (Amaranthaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Feb. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: Hop Sages

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