Difference between revisions of "Atriplex polycarpa"
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 117. 1874.
FNA>Volume Importer |
GeoffLevin (talk | contribs) m (Edited synonyms to match printed version) |
||
| (6 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
}} | }} | ||
|common_names=Desert saltbush;cattle-spinach | |common_names=Desert saltbush;cattle-spinach | ||
| − | |basionyms={{Treatment/ID/ | + | |basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym |
|name=Obione polycarpa | |name=Obione polycarpa | ||
|authority=Torrey | |authority=Torrey | ||
| + | |rank=species | ||
| + | |publication_title=in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep. | ||
| + | |publication_place=4(5): 130. 1857 | ||
}} | }} | ||
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym | |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym | ||
| − | |name=Atriplex | + | |name=Atriplex curvidens |
| − | |authority= | + | |authority=Brandegee |
| + | |rank=species | ||
}} | }} | ||
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Atriplex;Atriplex subg. Pterochiton;Atriplex polycarpa | |hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Atriplex;Atriplex subg. Pterochiton;Atriplex polycarpa | ||
| Line 39: | Line 43: | ||
-->{{#Taxon: | -->{{#Taxon: | ||
name=Atriplex polycarpa | name=Atriplex polycarpa | ||
| − | |||
|authority=(Torrey) S. Watson | |authority=(Torrey) S. Watson | ||
|rank=species | |rank=species | ||
|parent rank=subgenus | |parent rank=subgenus | ||
| − | |synonyms=Atriplex | + | |synonyms=Atriplex curvidens |
|basionyms=Obione polycarpa | |basionyms=Obione polycarpa | ||
|family=Chenopodiaceae | |family=Chenopodiaceae | ||
| Line 54: | Line 57: | ||
|publication year=1874 | |publication year=1874 | ||
|special status= | |special status= | ||
| − | |source xml=https:// | + | |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_744.xml |
|genus=Atriplex | |genus=Atriplex | ||
|subgenus=Atriplex subg. Pterochiton | |subgenus=Atriplex subg. Pterochiton | ||
Latest revision as of 21:34, 7 December 2022
Shrubs, dioecious or sub-monoecious, mainly 10–20 dm. Leaves tardily deciduous, alternate, sessile or nearly so; blade spatulate to obovate or oblong, 3–15(–2.) × 2–4 mm, margin entire, apex typically acute. Staminate flowers appearing silvery, in clusters 1.5–3 mm wide, borne in paniculate, naked spikes 5–25 cm; anthers yellow. Pistillate flowers with fruiting bracteoles sessile, cuneate-orbicular to semicircular, 1.5–2.5 × 2–3 mm, united to near middle, margin deeply laciniate-dentate, tuberculate or sometimes smooth dorsally. Seeds pale brown, 1–1.5 mm. 2n = 18, 36.
Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Warm desert shrub communities (creosote bush, ambrosia, shadscale, mesquite, saltgrass, etc.), mainly in fine-textured saline substrates
Elevation: 60-1500 m
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah, n Mexico (Baja California to Sonora).
Discussion
Atriplex polycarpa consists of two or more chromosomal races based on different polyploid levels. The races form hybrids with Atriplex canescens in south California, resulting in partially stabilized entities known as varieties laciniata and macilenta. The plants evidently form hybrids with A. lentiformis.
Selected References
None.