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Atriplex sect. Semibaccata
in H. G. A. Engler et al., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 515. 1934.
Basionym: Semibaccatae Standley in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 21: 52. 1916
Plants annual or short-lived perennial, erect to procumbent or diffuse. Leaves with Kranz-type anatomy. Pistillate flowers lacking perianth, enclosed by a pair of bracteoles. Bracteoles distinct or united, thin or variously thickened, but not spongy, appendages tuberculate, foliaceous, inflated, spinose, or lacking, not spongy. Seeds ascending or erect; radicle lateral.
Distribution
in United States and elsewhere, Australia
Discussion
Species ca. 36 species (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"thickened" is not a number. "thin" is not a number.
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foliaceous +
spinose +
lacking +
tuberculate +
inflated +
not spongy +
inconspicuous +
lacking +
slippery +
entire +
absent +
1;5 +
foliaceous +
dimorphic +
enclosing +
absent +
variously--shaped +
not spongy +
3-5-parted +
coiled +
curved +
developing +
annular +
large +
storage +
common +
white +
pistillate +
clustered +
dimorphic +
appendaged +
mature +
enlarged +
thickened +
bladderlike +
kranz-type +
connate +
attached +
campylotropous +
lacking +
imbricate +
absent +
inconspicuous +
accrescent +
fleshy +
(1-)3-5-lobed +
mottled +
free +
absent +
naked +
absent +
in H. G. A. Engler et al., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. +
1934 +
spreading +
lateral +
fusiform +
thickened +
scurfy +
inflated +
flattened +
cylindric +
absent +
jointed +
stellate +
silvery +
succulent +
lacking +
reduced;small +
fleshy +
1;3 +
prickly +
variable +
indistinct +
shiny +
verrucate +
Atriplex sect. Semibaccata +
Atriplex subg. Atriplex +
section +
spicate +
elongate +
kranz-type +
dicotyledonous +
normal +
silvery +
scurfy +
diffuse +
monoecious +