Atriplex sect. Teutliopsis

Dumortier

Fl. Belg., 20. 1827.

Synonyms: Hastatae Standley
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 332. Mentioned on page 323.

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.

Stanley L. Welsh +
Dumortier +
slippery +
aromatic +
lobed +  and serrate +
persistent +  and deciduous +
reddish-brown +, black +, brown +  and green +
linear +  and deltoid +
3-5-parted +
North America +, Europe +, Asia +  and Africa +
tuberculate +  and smooth +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
not +  and connate +
enlarged +
bladderlike +
terminal +  and axillary +
opposite +  and alternate +
deciduous +  and persistent +
not winged +  and winged +
entire +  and serrate +
toothed +  and entire +
inferior +, half-inferior +  and superior +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
1 +  and single +
persistent +  and deciduous +
(1-)3-5-lobed +
papery +  and chartaceous +
lateral +, basal +  and inferior +
bulbous +  and taprooted +
fusiform +
fleshy +  and fibrous +
verrucate +  and striate +
reddish-brown +, brown +  and black +
flattened +
cylindric +
3 +  and 5 +
opposite +  and alternate +
succulent +
sessile +  and petiolate +
reduced;small +
horizontal +  and vertical +
verrucate +
Hastatae +
Atriplex sect. Teutliopsis +
Atriplex subg. Atriplex +
section +
dicotyledonous +
plant +  and procumbent +
subdioecious +  and monoecious +