Proatriplex

Proatriplex
Proatriplex pleiantha Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Chenopodioideae
Tribe: Atripliceae
Genus: Proatriplex
(W.A.Weber) Stutz & G.L.Chu
Species:
P. pleiantha
Binomial name
Proatriplex pleiantha
Synonyms[2]
  • Atriplex pleiantha W.A.Weber (1950)
  • Atriplex subg. Proatriplex W.A.Weber
  • Atriplex sect. Pleianthae S.L.Welsh

Proatriplex is a monotypic plant genus in the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae, with the only species Proatriplex pleiantha (syn. Atriplex pleiantha).[2] It is known by the common names four-corners orach[3] and Mancos shadscale.[4] It occurs in the Navajo Basin of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.

  1. ^ "Proatriplex pleiantha | NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Zacharias was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference FlNAmerica was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Proatriplex pleiantha​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 October 2015.