Flora of North America species comparison

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Atriplex subg. Atriplex
Habit Plants annual or perennial herbs or less commonly subshrubs or shrubs, usually monoecious, erect or variously prostrate to ascending.
Leaves

with or without Kranz type leaf anatomy.
Pistillate flowers

dimorphic (or with both dimorphic and some ebracteolate) and with perianth enveloping a horizontal seed in sect. Atriplex or more typically homomorphic and borne between enclosing bracteoles.
Seeds

horizontal or more typically erect;

radicle mainly inferior, less commonly lateral and spreading.
Bracteoles

variously shaped, margin entire or toothed, faces smooth or variously tuberculate.

Atriplex subg. Atriplex
Discussion

This subgenus is represented widely in both the old and new world species of the genus. in north america there are both indigenous and introduced members. however, even the species indigenous to the new world have affinities with those from either europe or australia. the members are mainly cool-temperate species with some of the introduced species occasionally extending into the warm-temperate regions

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 331.
Parent taxa Chenopodiaceae > Atriplex
Subordinate taxa
Name authority unknown
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