Atriplex elegans

Atriplex elegans

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 elegans

Varietates: A. e. var. elegans – A. e. var. fasciculata

Name

Atriplex elegans (Moq.) D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. [D. Dietrich] 5: 537. (1852)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Obione elegans Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 113. (1849)
    • Type: Mexico: Sonora, s.f., T. Coulter 1375. Holotype: K, Isotypes: A, G-DC.
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2018)
  • Obione radiata Torr., Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [Emory] 183. (1859)
• (in subspecies)
  • Atriplex thornberi (M.E. Jones) Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 21(1): 57. (1916)
  • Obione thornberi (M.E.Jones) S.C.Sand. & G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 167. (2017)
  • Atriplex fasciculata S. Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 377. (1882)
  • Atriplex saltonensis Parish, Muhlenbergia 9: 57. (1913)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas Mexico Chihuahua, Sonora References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Dietrich, D.N.F. 1852. Synopsis plantarum: seu, Enumeratio systematica plantarum plerumque adhuc cognitarum cum differentiis specificis et synonymis selectis ad modum Persoonii elaborata. Sectio 5. Vimariae: B. F. Voigtii. BHL Reference page. : 537
• 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. : 113
• Torrey, J. 1859. Botany of the Boundary. In: Emory, W.H. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Vol. 2(1): 27–270, pl. 1–61. BHL Reference page. : 183

Additional references

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

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Atriplex elegans. 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 Aug. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Atriplex elegans. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 08 2016.
• The Plant List 2013. Atriplex elegans in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Apr. 08.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Atriplex elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Apr. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: wheelscale saltbush, White-scale saltbush, wheelscale orach

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