Amaranthaceae
Atriplex

Atriplex davisii Aellen

First published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 30 (1967)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Aegean Islands to W. Iran, E. Afghanistan. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2016) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 1: Elatinaceae to Sphenocleaceae.

Morphology General Habit
Annual to 200 cm
Morphology Stem
Stem branched from the base, lower branches horizontally spreading or ascending
Morphology Leaves
Leaves green or greyish below, often shiny, triangular-hastate, 3–6 × 2–4 cm, entire or weakly toothed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Both male and female flowers intermixed, in glomerules forming loose, usually aphyllous inflorescence
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Valves rhombic or rounded, small (to 5 mm in diameter), only a little larger than the fruit, sessile or with short (up to 2 mm) peduncle, smooth or mostly with two dot-like appendages in upper part
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds heteromorphic: black seeds 1–1.5 mm, brownish seeds 1.6–2.2 mm in diameter.
Ecology
Wet places (streams, moist ruderal habitats).
Distribution
Iraq, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean to Sinai, Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Afghanistan.
[FIQ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0