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Taxon: Atriplex hortensis L.

Genus: Atriplex
Family: Chenopodiaceae subfamily: Chenopodioideae tribe: Chenopodieae. Also placed in: Amaranthaceae
Nomen number: 6017
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:1053. 1753, nom. cons.
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Comment: conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV) through conservation of the genus Atriplex
Name verified on: 11-Mar-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 21-May-2013
Species priority site is: National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit (PARL).
Accessions: 38 in National Plant Germplasm System.
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  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


Common names:

  • garden orache   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • mountain-spinach   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • orache   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • yu qian bo cai   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  • arroche des jardins   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • arroche rouge des jardins   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French
  • Gartenmelde   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • spanischer Salat   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  • armolas   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  • armuelle mole   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • bledos moles   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • trädgårdsmålla   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
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Distributional range:

      Cultivated:
  • widely cultivated

      Other:
  • possible origin s. Europe

References:

  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  • Fu, Y. C. et al. 1977–. Flora intramongolica.
  • George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia.
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
  • Harrington, H. 1954. Manual of the plants of Colorado.
  • Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
  • McNeill, J. et al. 1983. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Atriplex L. (Chenopodiaceae). Taxon 32:549–555.
  • Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
  • Stewart, R. 1972. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of West Pakistan and Kashmir.
  • Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
  • Willis, J. H. 1970–1972. A handbook to plants in Victoria.
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?6017 (24 May 2013)

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