Atriplex spongiosa

Atriplex spongiosa

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 spongiosa

Name

Atriplex spongiosa F.Muell., Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict. 2: 74. (1858), as 'spongiosum'

• Type: "On salt flats at Lake Torrens; also on Hooker's Creek and Sturt's Creek, in North-western Australia".
• Lectotype: Sturt Creek, W.A., F.Mueller. MEL 607132 (designated by Wilson, P.G. 1984, Fl. Austral. 4: 325)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Atriplex holocarpa var. spongiosa (F.Muell.) Maiden & Betche, Census New South Wales Pl. 68. (1916)
  • Senniella spongiosa (F.Muell.) Aellen, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68(5): 417. (1938)
  • Obione spongiosa (F.Muell.) G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 166. (2017)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2018)
  • Senniella spongiosa var. amoena Aellen, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68(5): 420. (1938)
  • ?Atriplex semibaccata Moq., DC. Prod. 13(2): 97. (1849), nom. inval. (refers to Atriplex semibaccata R.Br. 1810)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia S-Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, W-New South Wales, Victoria introduced elsewhere References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Mueller, F.v. 1858. Account of some new Australian plants. Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 2: 62–77. BHL Reference page. : 74–75
• Aellen, P. 1938. Revision der australischen und neuseelandischen Chenopodiaceen I: Theleophyton, Atriplex, Morrisiella, Blackiella, Senniella, Pachypharynx. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 68(5): 345–434. Reference page. : 416.
• Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. 1916. A Census of New South Wales Plants. Sydney, W.A. Gullick. 216 p. Online. Reference page. : 68
• 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. : 97
• Zhu, G.L. & Sanderson, S.C. 2017. Genera and a New Evolutionary System of World Chenopodiaceae. 361 pp. Beijing: Science Press. Reference page. : 166

Additional references

• Hedge, I.C. 1997. Atriplex spongiosa in:
• Hedge, I.C., Akhani, H., Freitag, H., Kothe-Heinrich, G., Podlech, D., Rilke, S. & Uotila, P.  1997. Chenopodiaceae. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.): Flora Iranica Vol. 172. 371 pp., 212 tab., Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz. Reference page. : 86

Links

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) 2016. Atriplex spongiosa Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Accessed: 2016 Apr. 13.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Atriplex spongiosa. 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. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Atriplex spongiosa. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 13 2016.
• The Plant List 2013. Atriplex spongiosa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Apr. 13.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Atriplex spongiosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Apr. 2016.

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