- Atriplex bunburyana
Taxobox
color = lightgreen
name = "Atriplex bunburyana"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Caryophyllales
familia =Amaranthaceae
genus = "Atriplex "
species = "A. bunburyana"
binomial = "Atriplex bunburyana"
binomial_authority = F.Muell."Atriplex bunburyana", commonly known as Silver Saltbush, is a species of
saltbush endemic toWestern Australia .Description
It grows as an erect shrub up to a metre high, with slender branches that are often straight and rigid. Leaves are oval in shape, five to 20 millimetres long, with a linear margin and a blueish colour caused by a thin scaly coating.cite book | author = Wilson, Paul G. | year = 1984 | chapter = Chenopodiaceae | title = "Flora of Australia", Volume 4: Phytolaccaceae to Chenopodiaceae | location = Canberra | publisher = Australian Government Publishing Service]
Taxonomy
It was first published by
Ferdinand von Mueller in 1882 under the name "Atriplex bunburyanum",APNI | name = "Atriplex bunburyanum" F.Muell. | id = 208788] but this name was orthographically invalid and has been corrected to "Atriplex bunburyana".APNI | name = "Atriplex bunburyana" F.Muell. | id = 57196] The name refers to the collector of thetype specimen , a Miss Bunbury, who collected specimens of this species from theGascoyne River in 1882.The species' only synonym is "A. paludosa" subsp. "graciliflora", published by
Paul Aellen in 1938.APNI | name = "Atriplex paludosa" subsp. "graciliflora" Aellen | id = 58530]Distribution and habitat
Endemic to
Western Australia , it occurs through most of the western half of the state, both near the coast and inland.FloraBase | name = "Atriplex bunburyana" F.Muell. | id = 2451]References
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