Amaranthaceae
Oxybasis

Oxybasis chenopodioides (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

First published in Willdenowia 42: 15 (2012)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe, Medit. to Xinjiang and 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 herb, 10–50 cm, glabrous or sparsely covered with bladder hairs, erect or prostrate, with branches spreading from base
Morphology Leaves
Leaves to 9 × 7 cm, fleshy or not, broadly triangular- rhomboid, apex acute or rounded, base broad and finely long-cuneate and attenuate, entire or sharply sinuate-dentate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Glomerules in distinct, rather distant groups in a much- branched terminal nearly leafless inflorescences consisting of few-flowered cymes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
Perianth of terminal flower (male or female) in each glomerule with 4–5 almost free segments; segments of the lateral (female) flowers connate almost to apex, closely enclosing the fruit like a sac. Seeds horizontal (terminal flowers) or vertical (lateral flowers), red, with minute pits.
Ecology
In salt marshes on the alluvial plain; alt. 0–200 m;
Phenology
Flowering & fruiting: Jul.–Sep.
Distribution
Iraq: Rare in the Mesopotamian plain. Coasts of the Atlantic and Mediterranean; inland salt marshes of Europe, Asia, N, E and S Africa and N America.
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Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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