Atriplex vesicaria
Bladder saltbush | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Atriplex |
Species: | A. vesicaria
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Binomial name | |
Atriplex vesicaria ex |
Atriplex vesicaria, commonly known as bladder saltbush, is a species of saltbush endemic to Australia.
Description[]
It grows as an erect or sprawling shrub up to a metre high. Leaves are oval in shape, five to 25 millimetres long, and 3 to 15 millimetres wide.[1]
Taxonomy[]
The species was first published by George Bentham in 1870, based on a name selected by .[2] The species' only synonym is Pachypharynx neglecta, published by in 1938.[3]
It is a highly variable species. The Flora of Australia treatment of this species recognises eight subspecies:
- A. vesicaria subsp. variabilis
- .[1] Not all of these are accepted in South Australia, where the subspecies tend to intergrade.[2]
Distribution and habitat[]
It occurs in arid and semi-arid areas across southern Australia,[1] growing in coastal dunes, salt pans, salt lakes, sandy plains and limestone ridges.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c Wilson, Paul G. (1984). "Chenopodiaceae". Flora of Australia, Volume 4: Phytolaccaceae to Chenopodiaceae. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.
- ^ a b "Atriplex vesicaria Heward ex Benth". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ "Pachypharynx neglecta Aellen". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ "Atriplex vesicaria Benth". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
Categories:
- Atriplex
- Endemic flora of Australia
- Caryophyllales of Australia
- Flora of New South Wales
- Flora of the Northern Territory
- Flora of Queensland
- Flora of South Australia
- Flora of Victoria (Australia)
- Eudicots of Western Australia
- Plants described in 1870