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Family: Chenopodiaceae  Vent., nom. cons.
subfam. Chenopodioideae
tribe Atripliceae

Synonym of: Chenopodiaceae Vent., nom. cons. subfam. Chenopodioideae tribe Chenopodieae

Family number: 2305. Last updated: 30-Nov-2012.
Number of accepted genera: 0.
Type genus: Atriplex L.
Comment: dicot.


References for tribe:

  • Fuentes-Bazan, S. et al. 2012. A novel phylogeny-based generic classification for Chenopodium sensu lato, and a tribal rearrangement of Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae). Willdenowia 42:5–24.
  • Kadereit, G. et al. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of Atripliceae (Chenopodioideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for systematics, biogeography, flower and fruit evolution, and the origin of C4 photosynthesis. Amer. J. Bot. 97:1664–2010.
  • Zacharias, E. H. & B. G. Baldwin. 2010. A molecular phylogeny of North American Atripliceae (Chenopodiaceae), with implications for floral and photosynthetic pathway evolution. Syst. Bot. 35:839–857.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?2305 (18 June 2013)

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