Atriplex watsonii

Atriplex watsonii

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 watsonii

Name

Atriplex watsonii A.Nelson ex Abrams, Fl. Los Angeles 128. (1904), nom. nov., as "Watsoni"

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Atriplex decumbens S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 275. (1877), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Atriplex decumbens R.Br. ex Schult. 1820)
    • Type: USA (California) "Near San Diego", E. Palmer 334 [in 1876]. Holotype: ?
• Homotypic
  • Obione decumbens (S.Watson) Ulbr., Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 507. (1934)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southwestern U.S.A. California Mexico Mexico Northwest (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Abrams, L. 1904. Flora of Los Angeles and Vicinity. Stanford University, Cal. BHL Reference page. : 128
• Watson, S. 1877. Descriptions of new species of plants, with revisions of certain genera. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 12: 246–278. BHL Reference page. : 275
• 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. : 507

Additional references

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

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Atriplex watsonii. 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. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Atriplex watsonii. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 13 2016.
• The Plant List 2013. Atriplex watsonii in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Apr. 13.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Atriplex watsonii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Apr. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: Watson's saltbush, Watson’s orach

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