Plants annual, monoecious or subdioecious, erect or procumbent. Leaves without Kranz anatomy. Pistillate flowers lacking a perianth, enclosed by a pair of bracteoles. Bracteoles linear to deltoid, distinct almost to base. Seeds vertical; radicle inferior, basal, or lateral.

Distribution

North America, Europe, Asia, Africa.

Discussion

Species ca. 18 (10 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Atriplex dioica, Atriplex glabriuscula, Atriplex gmelinii, Atriplex heterosperma, Atriplex joaquiniana, Atriplex littoralis, Atriplex nudicaulis, Atriplex oblongifolia, Atriplex patula, Atriplex prostrata