Atriplex confertifolia

Atriplex confertifolia

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 confertifolia

Name

Atriplex confertifolia, (Torr. & Frém.) S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 119 (1874).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Obione confertifolia Torr. & Frém., Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts. 318 (1845).
    • Type: Southwestern U.S.A., Utah: Borders of the Great Salt Lake, near mouth of Weber River, Weber County. 1843, John Torrey 761. Holotype: NY00324362
• Heterotypic (ref. Welsh 2008, Hassler 2018)
  • Atriplex collina Wooton & Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 119 (1913).
    • Type: USA (New Mexico), dry hills near the north end of the Carrizo Mountains, 31 Jul 1911, P.C. Standley 7481. Holotype: US-686447.
  • Obione collina (Wooton & Standl.) S.C.Sand. & G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 154. (2017)
  • Atriplex subconferta Rydb., Fl. Rocky Mts. 248, 1061. (1917).
    • Type: USA (Idaho), Twin Falls and Shoshone Falls, 27 Jul 1911, Nelson & Macbride 1379. Holotype: NY, Isotypes: MO.
  • Obione rigida (var. confertifolia sp. nov.) Torr. & Frém., in schedis
• (+ ref. Govaerts 2024)
  • Obione spinosa Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 108 (1849).
  • Phyllocarpa spinosa Nutt. ex Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 108 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Atriplex spinosa (Moq.) D.Dietr. in Syn. Plant. 5: 536 (1852).

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Watson, S. 1874. A revision of the North American Chenopodiaceae. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 9: 82–126. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• Rydberg, P.A. 1917. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and adjacent plains. Published by the author, New York. BHL Reference page. 
• Torrey, J. & Frémont, J.C. 1845. Descriptions of some new genera and species of plants, collected in Captain J. C. Frémont's exploring expedition to Oregon and North California, in the years 1843–'44. In: Frémont, J.C. Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843–'44. Gales & Seaton, Washington.: 311–319. BHL Reference page. 
• Wooton, E.O. & Standley, P.C. 1913. Descriptions of new plants preliminary to a report upon the Flora of New Mexico. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16(4): 109–196. BHL 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

• Welsh, S.L.
• eFloras 2008. Atriplex confertifolia in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Welsh, S.L. & Crompton, C.W. 1995. Names and types in perennial Atriplex Linnaeus (Chenopodiaceae) in North America selectively exclusive of Mexico. Great Basin Naturalist 55(4): 322–334. BHL Reference page. : 331 (about Obione rigida)

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Atriplex confertifolia 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 confertifolia. 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. 2016. Atriplex confertifolia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 07 2016.

• Tropicos.org 2016. Atriplex confertifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Apr. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: shadscale saltbush, shad-scale, sheep's fat

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