Allenrolfea occidentalis

Allenrolfea occidentalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Salicornioideae
Tribus: Salicornieae
Genus: Allenrolfea
Species: Allenrolfea occidentalis

Name

Allenrolfea occidentalis (S.Watson) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 546. (1891)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Halostachys occidentalis S.Watson, Botany (Fortieth Parallel) 293. (1871)
    • Type: USA: Utah; Raft River Valley, 1868, Sereno Watson #995. Isotypes: NY00324352, YU001077
• Homotypic
  • Spirostachys occidentalis (S.Watson) S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 125. (1874)
  • Salicornia occidentalis (S.Watson) Greene, Fl. Francisc. 173. (1891)
• Heterotypic (ref. Hassler 2018)
  • Allenrolfea mexicana Lundell, Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 127, pl. 14. (1936)
    • Type: Mexico: San Luis Potosi: collected on the sand dunes of the salt lake at Santo Domingo, 7 Aug 1934, C.L. Lundell 5603. Holotype: MICH1147734. Isotypes: CAS0000222, GH00036864, K000583250, LL00370674, MO-125891, NY00022721, S-G-7077, TEX00370673, UC602643, US, WISv0254586WIS.
  • Arthrocnemum macrostachyum Torr., Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [Emory] 184. (1859), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Arthrocnemum macrostachyum (Moric.) K.Koch 1853)
  • Salicornia californica Nutt. ex Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 151. (1849), nom. inval. in syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Northwestern U.S.A. Idaho (s.), Oregon (s.e.) Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California (e.), Nevada, Utah South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas (w.) Mexico Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Greene, E.L. 1891–1897. Flora Franciscana. An attempt to classify and describe the vascular plants of middle California. (1: i-ii, 1-128. 1891; 2: 129-280. 1891; 3: i-ii, 281-352. 1892; 4: 353-480, 1897). BHL Reference page.  2: 173
• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. : 546
• Lundell, C.L. 1936. A new species of Allenrolfea from Mexico. Annual Report of the Michigan Academy of Science 21: 127–128, pl. 14. HathiTrust Reference page. : 127
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Salsolaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 41–219. Masson, Paris. BHL Reference page. : 151
• Torrey, J. 1859. Botany of the Boundary. In: Emory, W.H. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Vol. 2(1): 27–270, pl. 1–61. BHL Reference page. : 184
• Watson, S. 1871. Botany. In: United States Geological Expolration of the Fortieth Parallel [sic!]. Vol. 5. liii + 525 pp. Washington, DC BHL Reference page. : 293
• Watson, S. 1874. A revision of the North American Chenopodiaceae. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 9: 82–126. BHL Reference page. : 125

Additional references

• Shultz, L.M.:
• eFloras 2008. Allenrolfea occidentalis in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Jansen, R. & Parfitt, B. 1977. Allenrolfea mexicana Lundell (Chenopodiaceae): Its conspecificity with A. occidentalis (S.Wats.) Kuntze. Rhodora 79(817): 130–132. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Allenrolfea occidentalis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Allenrolfea occidentalis. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 06 2016.
• The Plant List 2013. Allenrolfea occidentalis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Jul. 06.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Allenrolfea occidentalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Jul. 2016.

Vernacular names

English: iodinebush

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