Atriplex canescens

Atriplex canescens

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 canescens

Varietates: A. c. var. canescens – A. c. var. gigantea – A. c. var. grandidentatum – A. c. var. laciniata –A. c. var. macilenta

Name

Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 1: 197. (1818)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Calligonum canescens Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) 2: 370. (1813)
    • Type: (USA, South Dakota): Big Bend of the Missouri River, Lyman County, Meriwether Lewis s.n., 21 Sep 1904. Lectotype PH-LC 34 [right-hand specimen] 34.
• Homotypic
  • Obione canescens (Pursh) Moq., Chenop. Monogr. Enum. 74. (1840)
  • Obione canescens (Pursh) Torr., Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts. 95. (1845), isonym
  • Pterochiton canescens (Pursh) Nutt., J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Ser. 2, i. 184. (1847), (but excluding the synonym Atriplex canescens)
• Heterotypic (ref. Welsh 2008)
  • Atriplex nuttallii S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 116. (1874)
  • Obione nuttallii (S.Watson) S.C.Sand. & G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 162. (2017)
• (ref. Hassler 2018):
  • Atriplex berlandieri Moq., Chenop. Monogr. Enum. 65. (1840)
  • Obione berlandieri (Moq.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 114 (1849)
  • Atriplex fruticosa Nutt. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 112. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Atriplex heterophylla Nutt. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 112 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Atriplex macropoda Rose & Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 21: 72 (1916)
  • Obione macropoda (Rose & Standl.) S.C.Sand. & G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 160. (2017)
  • Pterochiton occidentale Torr. & Frém., Rep. Calif. 318 (1845)
  • Atriplex occidentalis (Torr. & Frem.) D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. 5: 537 (1852)
  • Obione occidentalis (Torr. & Frem.) Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 112–113 (1849)
  • Atriplex canescens var. occidentalis (Torr. & Frem.) S.L.Welsh & Stutz, Great Basin Naturalist 44: 188 (1984).
  • Lophocarya spinosa Nutt. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 113 (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Pterocarya spinosa Nutt. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 113. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.
  • Obione tetraptera Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur 48–49 (1844)
  • Atriplex tetraptera (Benth.) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 311 (1912)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Western Canada Alberta (s.) North-Central U.S.A. Kansas (w.), Nebraska (w.), North Dakota (w.), Oklahoma, South Dakota Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah] Mexico Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Hidalgo, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nuttall, T. 1818. The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. Volume 1. viii + 312 pp, D. Heartt, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 197
• Nuttall, T. 1847. Descriptions of plants collected by William Gambel, M.D., in the Rocky Mountains and Upper California. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Second Series 1: 149–189. BHL Reference page. : 184
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1840. Chenopodearum Monographica Enumeratio. P.-J. Loss, Paris. BHL Reference page. : 74
• Pursh, F.T. 1813 "1814". Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America. Vol. 2. pp. 359–751, London: White, Cochrance, and co. BHL Reference page. : 370
• Torrey, J. 1845. Catalogue of Plants collected by Lieutenant Frémont in his expedition to the Rocky Mountains. 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.: 81–98. BHL Reference page. : 95
• 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. : 116
• Zhu, G.L. & Sanderson, S.C. 2017. Genera and a New Evolutionary System of World Chenopodiaceae. 361 pp. Beijing: Science Press. Reference page. : 160, 162

Additional references

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

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Atriplex canescens. 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. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Atriplex canescens. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 07 2016.
• The Plant List 2013. Atriplex canescens in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Apr. 07.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Atriplex canescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Apr. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: Four-wing saltbush

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