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Genus: Atriplex
Life
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> Core Eudicots
> Order: Caryophyllales > Family:
Amaranthaceae; > Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
About
250 species, found worldwide, mainly in arid, saline or disturbed habitats
in temperate and tropical regions. There are 12 species native to southern Africa,
five naturalised, and an additional eight species that have been
cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of
Zimbabwe.
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Atriplex amboensis |
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Atriplex cinerea |
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Atriplex erosa |
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Atriplex hortensis (Orache) |
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Atriplex littoralis |
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Atriplex nitens |
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Atriplex patula |
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Atriplex rosea |
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Atriplex
semibaccata |
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Atriplex suberecta |
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Atriplex vestita |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Atriplex eardleyae |
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Atriplex lindleyi subsp. inflata
A declared
Category 3 invasive plant in South Africa. |
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Atriplex lindleyi subsp. quadripartita
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Atriplex muelleri |
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Atriplex nummularia
(Old man saltbush) Atriplex nummularia is native to Australia and has been introduced to arid and semi-arid areas of the
world, including southern Africa, where it has become naturalised and is
also grown as a fodder plant. It is a
declared
Category 2 invasive plant in South Africa, which means that it can only
be cultivated in certain demarcated areas with permission. It grows as a
bush, reaching 2 m in height and 2.4 m wide. |
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Atriplex spongiosa |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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Atriplex breweri
Native to California. |
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Atriplex canescens
Native to western Australia. |
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Atriplex cordifolia
Native to south Australia. |
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Atriplex halimus
Indigenous from Mediterranean to western Asia. |
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Atriplex hastata
Native to Europe and Asia. |
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Atriplex lentiformis
Native to western USA. |
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Atriplex leptocarpa (Slender-fruited saltbush)
Native to eastern Australia. |
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Atriplex pseudocampanulata
Native to Australia. |
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Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Makgakga, M.C. 2003. Chenopodiaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 362-369. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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