Atriplex atacamensis

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 atacamensis

Name

Atriplex atacamensis Phil., Fl. Atacam. 48. (1860).

• Type: Chile, Atacama, January 1854, R.A.Philippi s.n. Lectotype (designated by Rosas 1989, Gayana Botanica 46: 21): SGO-000001582; Isolectotype: SI-001259 fragment.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Obione atacamensis (Phil.) Ulbr., Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 508. (1934)
  • Obione atacamensis (Phil.) G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 153. 2017, isonym
• Heterotypic
  • Obione cachiyuyu Ulbr., Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 508 (1934).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Peru Southern South America Chile (Tarapaca, Antofagasta, Atacama) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Philippi, R.A. 1860. Florula Atacamensis; seu, Enumeratio plantarum, quas in itinere per desertum Atacamense observavit R. Philippi. Halis Saxonum, Sumptibus E. Anton. HathiTrust. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• 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

• Brignone, N.F., Denham, S.S. & Pozner, R. 2016. Synopsis of the genus Atriplex (Amaranthaceae, Chenopodioideae) for South America. Australian Systematic Botany 29(5): 324–357. DOI: 10.1071/SB16026 Reference page. : 330

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Atriplex atacamensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Atriplex atacamensis. 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. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Atriplex atacamensis. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 16 2024.

• Tropicos.org 2016. Atriplex atacamensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Jul. 2016.