Atriplex spinifera

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 spinifera

Name

Atriplex spinifera J.F.Macbr., Contr. Gray Herb. 53: 11. (1918)

• Type: USA (California), Maricopa hills, Kern County, 15 May 1913, Eastwood 3269. Holotype: GH. Isotype: US.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Obione spinifera (J.F.Macbr.) Ulbr., Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 508. (1934)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southwestern U.S.A. California References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Macbride, J.F. 1918. New or otherwise interesting plants, mostly North American Liliaceae and Chenopodiaceae. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 53: 1–22. BHL Reference page. : 11–12
• Ulbrich, O.E. 1934. Chenopodiaceae, in: Engler, A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (eds.): Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed.2. 16c, Engelmann, Leipzig: 379–584. Reference page. : 508

Additional references

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

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Atriplex spinifera. 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 spinifera. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 12 2016.
• The Plant List 2013. Atriplex spinifera in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Apr. 12.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Atriplex spinifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Apr. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: spinescale saltbush, Spiny saltbush