Atriplex torreyi

Atriplex torreyi var. griffithsii

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 torreyi

Varietates: A. t. var. griffithsii – A. t. var. torreyi

Name

Atriplex torreyi (S.Watson) S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 119. (1874)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Obione torreyi S.Watson, Botany [Fortieth Parallel] 5: 290. (1871)
    • Type: Nevada, Humboldt County, dry valleys bordering the Truckee and Carson Rivers. 1865, John Torrey 463. Lectotype: GH; Isolectotype: NY. (first-step Lectotype designation by Hall & Clements, 1923: 336.)
• Homotypic
  • Atriplex lentiformis subsp. torreyi (S.Watson) H.M.Hall & Clem., Phylogenet. Meth. 336, pl. 55. (1923)
  • Atriplex lentiformis var. torreyi (S.Watson) McMinn, Man. Calif. Shrubs 113. (1939)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah 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. : 119
• Watson, S. 1871. Botany. In: United States Geological Expolration of the Fortieth Parallel [sic!]. Vol. 5. liii + 525 pp. Washington, DC BHL Reference page. : 290
• Hall, H.M. & Clements, F.E. 1923. The phylogenetic method in taxonomy; the North American species of Artemisia, Chrysothamnus, and Atriplex. Washington,The Carnegie institution of Washington. BHL Reference page. : 336
• McMinn, H.E. 1939. An Illustrated Manual of California Shrubs. San Francisco. 689 p. Reference page. : 113

Additional references

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

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Atriplex torreyi. 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. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Atriplex torreyi. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 13 2016.
• The Plant List 2013. Atriplex torreyi in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Apr. 13.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Atriplex torreyi. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Apr. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: Torrey's saltbush

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