Plants annual or perennial, monoecious to subdioecious or less commonly dioecious. Leaves usually with or, uncommonly, without Kranz anatomy. Staminate flowers with calyx lobes crested or not. Pistillate flowers lacking or rarely with a perianth (in A. covillei, A. pleiantha, and A. suckleyi), enclosed by a pair of bracteoles. Bracteoles cuneate to ovate or obovate united at least to middle, faces with tubercles or crests or smooth. Seeds erect; radicle typically superior (except in A. pleiantha), erect, tip adjacent to styles.

Distribution

Mainly w North America, also Old World.

Discussion

Species ca. 33 (27 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Atriplex sect. Covilleiae, Atriplex sect. Endolepis, Atriplex sect. Obione, Atriplex sect. Phyllostegiae, Atriplex sect. Pleianthae