Biology:Atriplex spongiosa

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae

Atriplex spongiosa
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Habit
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Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Atriplex
Species:
A. spongiosa
Binomial name
Atriplex spongiosa
Synonyms[1]
  • Atriplex holocarpa var. spongiosa (F.Muell.) Maiden & Betche
  • Obione spongiosa (F.Muell.) G.L.Chu
  • Senniella spongiosa (F.Muell.) Aellen
  • Senniella spongiosa var. amoena Aellen
  • Senniella spongiosa var. euspongiosa Aellen

Atriplex spongiosa, the pop saltbush (a name it shares with Atriplex holocarpa), is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to central Australia, and introduced to South Africa and Iran.[1][2] A halophyte, it can grow in media having an NaCl concentration over 600 mM.[3]

  • Close-up of fruit

  • In Israel

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Atriplex spongiosa F.Muell." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/164174-1. 
  2. ↑ "Atriplex spongiosa F. Muell. Taxonomic Serial No.: 822823". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=822823. 
  3. ↑ Khan, M. (2000). "Effects of Salinity on Growth, Water Relations and Ion Accumulation of the Subtropical Perennial Halophyte, Atriplex griffithii var. stocksii". Annals of Botany 85 (2): 225–232. doi:10.1006/anbo.1999.1022. 

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