Atriplex sect. Obione
Plants usually annual, usually monoecious. Leaves with Kranz anatomy. Staminate flowers with calyx lobes not crested. Pistillate flowers lacking or rarely with a perianth (in A. covillei), enclosed by a pair of bracteoles. Bracteoles cuneate to ovate or obovate, united at least to 1/2 of length, faces with tubercles or crests or smooth. Seeds: radicle lateral or superior.
Distribution
United States, Mexico
Discussion
Species 28 (23 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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inconspicuous +
lacking +
slippery +
entire +
absent +
1;5 +
foliaceous +
united +
dimorphic +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +
absent +
not crested +
3-5-parted +
coiled +
curved +
developing +
annular +
large +
storage +
common +
white +
clustered +
appendaged +
mature +
enlarged +
thickened +
bladderlike +
connate +
attached +
campylotropous +
lacking +
imbricate +
absent +
inconspicuous +
accrescent +
fleshy +
(1-)3-5-lobed +
mottled +
free +
absent +
naked +
absent +
Rhodora +
2001 +
erect +
fusiform +
thickened +
scurfy +
inflated +
erect +
flattened +
cylindric +
absent +
jointed +
stellate +
silvery +
succulent +
lacking +
reduced;small +
fleshy +
1;3 +
prickly +
variable +
indistinct +
shiny +
verrucate +
Atriplex sect. Obione +
Atriplex subg. Obione +
section +
spicate +
adjacent +
elongate +
kranz-type +
dicotyledonous +
normal +
silvery +
scurfy +
annual +
monoecious +