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Taxon:  Atriplex halimus L.



Summary
Genus:
Atriplex
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Chenopodieae
Nomen number:
6013
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1052. 1753
Verified:
01/23/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
7 (7  active, 5  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Atriplex capensis Moq.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aellen, P. 1939. Die Atriplex-Arten des Orients. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 70:11-13.
  2. Bond, P. & P. Goldblatt. 1984. Plants of the Cape Flora, J. S. African Bot. suppl. vol. 13.
  3. Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
  4. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  5. Eriksson, O. et al. 1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2.
  6. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. URL: http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Atriplex+halimus&quantity=1
  8. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 Note: = Atriplex vestita var. appendiculata Aellen
  9. Gibbs Russell, G. E. et al. 1985, 1987. List of species of Southern African plants, ed. 2. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa Note: v. 51. 1985; v. 56. 1987
  10. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  11. Hegi, G. et al. 1906-. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 686. Note: ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966-
  12. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  13. Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
  14. Lems, K. 1960. Floristic botany of the Canary islands.
  15. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  16. Personal Care Products Council. INCI URL: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
  17. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  18. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
  19. Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
  20. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  21. Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2.
  22. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  23. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  24. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina.
Common names
English
Mediterranean saltbush –
sea orache –
shrubby orache –
Arabic
qataf –
French
arroche halime –
pourpier de mer –
German
Strauchmelde –
Portuguese
salgadeira –
Spanish
álimo –
armuelle glauco –
marisma –
orzaga –
osagra –
salgada –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaFree State 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaNorthern Cape 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaNorth-West 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaWestern Cape 
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Namibia, South Africa [Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape, North-West]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Human foodvegetablefamine foodKunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption


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