Atriplex cinerea

Atriplex cinerea
Williamstown, Victoria
From Mueller 1889[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Atriplex
Species:
A. cinerea
Binomial name
Atriplex cinerea
Occurrence data ALA[2]

Atriplex cinerea, commonly known as grey saltbush, coast saltbush, barilla or truganini, is a plant species in the family Amaranthaceae.[3] It occurs in sheltered coastal areas and around salt lakes in the Australian states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.[4][5] The species is also known to be present in the Waimea inlet in New Zealand, although has historically been found in Boulder Bank, D'Urville Island, and Palliser Bay.[6]

The Latin specific name cinerea means "ashy". Atriplex cinerea has a chromosome number 2n=54,[7][8] indicating the species is hexaploid as the base number in Atriplex is 9.[9]

  1. ^ von Mueller, F.J.H. (1889) Iconography of Salsolaceous Plants XV R.S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne.
  2. ^ "Occurrence records for Atriplex cinerea". Atlas of Living Australia. Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Atriplex cinerea". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  4. ^ S.W.L. Jacobs. "New South Wales Flora Online: Atriplex cinerea". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
  5. ^ "Atriplex cinerea". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  6. ^ "Atriplex cinerea". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  7. ^ Parr-Smith, G.A. (1982). "Biogeography and evolution in the shrubby Australian species of Atriplex (Chenopodiaceae)". In Barker, WR; Greenslade, PJM (eds.). Evolution of the Flora and Fauna of Arid Australia. Peacock Publications. pp. 291–299.
  8. ^ Shepherd, Kelly; Thiele, Kevin; Sampson, Jane; Coates, David; Bryne, Margaret (2015). "A rare, new species of Atriplex (Chenopodiaceae) comprising two genetically distinct but morphologically cryptic populations in arid Western Australia: implications for taxonomy and conservation". Australian Systematic Botany. 28 (4): 238. doi:10.1071/SB15029. S2CID 85903596. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  9. ^ Nobs, M.A. (1975). "Chromosome numbers in Atriplex. In 'Year Book 74: 1974–1975". Carnegie Institution of Washington: 762–765. Retrieved 23 October 2020.