Amaranthaceae
Atriplex

Atriplex griffithii Moq.

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 102 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Iran to NW. Pakistan. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Subshrub to 50 cm high; all parts mealy when young, later glabrescent
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate, rarely subopposite; petiole 1.2 mm long, leaf-blade 7–11 x 6–8 mm, base broadly cuneate (rarely some leaves with a ± hastate base) or subcordate (not usual in Flora area), tip rounded to emarginate, margin entire, lateral veins not visible
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence not clearly delimited from vegetative part, lower clusters of flowers in axils of leaf-like bracts
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flower clusters usually with many male flowers and a few female Male perianth 5-merous, c. 1 mm in diam. Fruiting bracteoles on 0.5–1 mm pedicel, broadly ovoid, 4–6 x 4–6 mm, base cuneate, tip rounded, margin entire, often ± reflexed, veins usually obvious but sometimes central part conspicuously muricate or tuberculate, tubercles usually irregularly lobed and then veins obscured.
[FSOM]

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]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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