Chenopodium spinescens

Chenopodium spinescens

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
Genus: Chenopodium
Species: Chenopodium spinescens

Name

Chenopodium spinescens (R.Br.) S. Fuentes & Borsch, Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 62(1): 372. (2012)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Rhagodia spinescens R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 408. (1810)
    • Type: South Australia, Spencers Gulf (Bay XII); 1802-03-10, R. Brown no. 3042. Holotype: BM BM001015846; Isotype: K000898398.
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2018)
  • Rhagodia spinescens var. deltophylla F.Müll., Rep. Pl. Babbage's Exped. 19. (1859)
    • Type: "Lake Campbell." [given by A.J.Scott, Feddes Repert. 89 (1978) 10 as "South Australia, Lake Campbell; F. MUELLER; Jan. 1854 (K–iso.!)."]. Lectotype (designated by P.G. Wilson 1983, Nuytsia 4(2): 230): South Australia.: N.E. of Lake Gairdner, Hersch [Herschel] Babbage. 1859, J.A.F.D. Herrgott #s.n. MEL87960.
  • Rhagodia deltophylla (F.Müll.) A.J.Scott, Feddes Repert., 89(1): 10. (1978)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Distribution map of Chenopodium spinescens Australasia Australia SE-Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fuentes-Bazan, S, Mansion, G. & Borsch, T. 2012. Towards a species level tree of the globally diverse genus Chenopodium (Chenopodiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62(1): 359–374. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.006 Reference page. : 372
• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 408
• Mueller, F. 1859. Report on the plants collected during Mr. Babbage's expedition into the north-western interior of South Australia in 1858. 24 pp. BHL Reference page. : 19
• Scott, A.J. 1978. Rhagodiineae: a new subtribe in the Chenopodiaceae. Feddes Repertorium 89: 1–12. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19780890102 Reference page. : 10

Links

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) 2018. Chenopodium spinescens Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 13.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Chenopodium spinescens. 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 Nov. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Chenopodium spinescens. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 8 2016.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Chenopodium spinescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Mar. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: spiny saltbush, berry saltbush, thorny saltbush, hedge saltbush

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