Difference between revisions of "Atriplex argentea var. longitrichoma"
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|name=Atriplex longitrichoma | |name=Atriplex longitrichoma | ||
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|publication_title=G. L. Chu & S. C. Sanderson, Madroño | |publication_title=G. L. Chu & S. C. Sanderson, Madroño | ||
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| − | |discussion=<p>Except for its abundant and elongate trichomes, <i>Atriplex argentea </i>var.<i> longitrichoma</i> is a close match for the closely allied < | + | |discussion=<p>Except for its abundant and elongate trichomes, <i>Atriplex argentea </i>var.<i> longitrichoma</i> is a close match for the closely allied <i></i>var.<i> hillmanii</i>. As in practically all other herbaceous <i>Atriplex</i>, the features of fruiting bracteoles are variable and transitional to those of other related taxa. The authors of A. longitrichoma indicated several differences between their new entity and A. hillmanii, e.g., size of fruiting bracteoles, “5–6 mm, 5–6 mm wide, vs. 3–4 mm, 3-4 mm wide.” Actual measurements of A. hillmanii bracteoles indicate a size range of 3.5–6.2 mm in length and 3.7–7.2 mm in width. Leaf blade measurements cited by Stutz et al. are “25–35 mm, 10–13 mm wide.” Leaf blades in the type series cited by those authors actually measure 8–40 mm and 5–18 mm wide. It is true that the shape of the leaf blade base is rather consistent in <i></i>var.<i> longitrichoma</i>, tapering to a winged petiole or tapering to a sessile base. However, leaves with that identical shape are scattered throughout the range of <i></i>var.<i> hillmanii</i>. The protolog of the taxon cites plant size as 10–20 cm tall, but the central stem in one of the isotypes is a full 30 cm tall.</p> |
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|subgenus=Atriplex subg. Obione | |subgenus=Atriplex subg. Obione | ||
Revision as of 21:42, 16 December 2019
Stems densely branched, mostly forming low broad clumps, 0.9–3 dm; branches terete, spreading or ascending, proximal ones to 30 cm, obscured by clavate unicellular trichomes. Leaves sessile or some petiolate; blade elliptic to ovate, oval, or lanceolate, 8–35 × 5–18 mm, base narrowly cuneate, margin entire, grayish scurfy. Flowers in mixed axillary glomerules. Fruiting bracteoles substipitate, ovate to obovate or suborbicular in profile, 5–6 × 5–6 mm, compressed or some thickened, margin deeply and acutely dentate, faces naked or covered with few to numerous appendages. 2n = 36.
Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Saline valley bottoms, with shrubby saltbush, creosote bush, mesquite, and annual weedy grasses and forbs
Elevation: elevation not known
Discussion
Except for its abundant and elongate trichomes, Atriplex argentea var. longitrichoma is a close match for the closely allied var. hillmanii. As in practically all other herbaceous Atriplex, the features of fruiting bracteoles are variable and transitional to those of other related taxa. The authors of A. longitrichoma indicated several differences between their new entity and A. hillmanii, e.g., size of fruiting bracteoles, “5–6 mm, 5–6 mm wide, vs. 3–4 mm, 3-4 mm wide.” Actual measurements of A. hillmanii bracteoles indicate a size range of 3.5–6.2 mm in length and 3.7–7.2 mm in width. Leaf blade measurements cited by Stutz et al. are “25–35 mm, 10–13 mm wide.” Leaf blades in the type series cited by those authors actually measure 8–40 mm and 5–18 mm wide. It is true that the shape of the leaf blade base is rather consistent in var. longitrichoma, tapering to a winged petiole or tapering to a sessile base. However, leaves with that identical shape are scattered throughout the range of var. hillmanii. The protolog of the taxon cites plant size as 10–20 cm tall, but the central stem in one of the isotypes is a full 30 cm tall.
Selected References
None.