Atriplex truncata

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Atriplex truncata

Taxonavigation edit

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 truncata

Name edit

Atriplex truncata (Torr. ex S.Watson) A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 398. (1872)

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Obione truncata Torr. ex S.Watson, Botany [Fortieth Parallel] 291 BHL. (1871)
      • Type: Carson City, Anderson 40, Truckee River.
  • Heterotypic
    • Atriplex subdecumbens M.E.Jones, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 2, 5: 716–717. (1895)
      • Type: USA: Utah, Fish Lake, 9000° alt., in gravelly meadows, 1894-08-06, no. 5745.
    • Atriplex truncata var. stricta A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 398. (1872)
      • Type: USA: Oregon. Elihu Hall 433, [anno] 1871. Holotype: ?, Isotypes: MO.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington State, Wyoming
    • North-Central U.S.A.
      • Missouri
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California, Nevada, Utah
    • South-Central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

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

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: wedgescale saltbush, Wedge orach
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