Stutzia

Stutzia
Stutzia dioica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Tribe: Atripliceae
Genus: Stutzia
E.H.Zacharias
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Endolepis Torr (nom. illeg.)
  • Atriplex sect. Endolepis McNeill
  • Atriplex L. sect. Covilleiae S. L. Welsh

Stutzia is a plant genus in the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae. It was described in 2010, replacing the illegitimate name Endolepis. It comprises two species, that have also been included in the genus Atriplex.[2]

Stutzia species occur in western North America. They are annual plants up to 50 cm tall and broad, growing upright or spreading. The parts of young plants are rarely furfuraceous or farinose, older ones glabrescent. The stem branches almost from the base with ascending or spreading branches, older ones with white bark.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Zacharias was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ CalFlora Database: Atriplex covillei (Coville's orach) . accessed 2.22.2015