- Atriplex vesicaria
Taxobox
color = lightgreen
name = Bladder Saltbush
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Caryophyllales
familia =Amaranthaceae
genus = "Atriplex "
species = "A. vesicaria"
binomial = "Atriplex vesicaria"
binomial_authority = Heward ex Benth."Atriplex vesicaria", commonly known as Bladder Saltbush, is a species of
saltbush endemic toAustralia .Description
It grows as an erect or sprawling shrub up to a metre high. Leaves are oval in shape, five to 25 millimetres long, and 3 to 15 millimetres wide.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
The species was first published by
George Bentham in 1870, based on a name selected byRobert Heward .APNI | name = "Atriplex vesicaria" Heward ex Benth. | id = 59352] The species' only synonym is "Pachypharynx neglecta", published byPaul Aellen in 1938.APNI | name = "Pachypharynx neglecta" Aellen | id = 56116]It is a highly variable species. The "Flora of Australia" treatment of this species recognises eight subspecies, namely "A. vesicaria" subsp. "vesicaria", "A. vesicaria" subsp. "appendiculata", "A. vesicaria" subsp. "variabilis", "A. vesicaria" subsp. "calcicola", "A. vesicaria" subsp. "minor", "A. vesicaria" subsp. "incompta", "A. vesicaria" subsp. "macrocystidia" and "A. vesicaria" subsp. "sphaerocarpa". Not all of these are accepted in
South Australia , where the subspecies tend to intergrade.Distribution and habitat
It occurs in arid and semi-arid areas across southern Australia, growing in coastal dunes, salt pans, salt lakes, sandy plains and limestone ridges.FloraBase | name = "Atriplex vesicaria" Benth. | id = 2481]
References
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