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Atriplex lentiformis

(Torr.) S.Watson (1874)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Atriplex

lens scale, quailbush, tree atriplex

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect, widely spreading shrubs.

Stems: Stems sprawling, 10–30 dm long, ± spinose.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades oblong to ovate–deltate, 1.5–4(–5) cm long, 0.5–2.5 cm wide. Surfaces usually densely grayish mealy pubescent. Margins entire to repand. Petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in dense, terminal panicles; staminate flowers without subtending bracts; pistillate flowers each subtended by 2 accrescent bracts enclosing the fruit. Flowers unisexual (and the plants dioecious). Calyx of staminate flowers with 3–5 lobes. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens in staminate flower 3–5, inserted on calyx at base; pistillate flowers Stamens absent; anthers dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior (pistillate flowers), 1-celled, placentation basal; ovule 1; stigmas 2, filiform, dry.

Fruit: Utricle with membranous pericarp; enclosed by the persistent bracts; fruiting bracts of pistillate flowers connate ca. ½ their length; orbicular–ovate; 3–4(–5) mm long; margins entire to minutely crenulate. Seeds 1 per fruit; brown; 1.2–1.5 mm long.

Ploidy: 2n = 18

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Molokai Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean
Wind

Pollinators

Notes

  • Description digitized by Mercedez
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • First collected in l9l5

Bibliography

Name Published In: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 9: 118 (1874)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:535 (Mo)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson Kaunakakai edge of Prosopis thicket PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 5098 Molokai BISH 11/12/1974
2 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson Kaunakakai, along highway west of town. In remnant wetlands in sunny areas. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H70807 Molokai PTBG 7/23/2008
3 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson kaunakakai, 1/2 mile w moist flat near shore PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. et al. collector number: 23382 Molokai BISH 12/19/1948
4 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson kaunakakai edge of Prosopis thicket PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. spence, g. collector number: 5098 Molokai BISH 11/12/1974
5 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson Kaunakakai roadside flats near shore PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F.R. 13418 Molokai BISH 12/26/1936
6 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson Mapulehu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Mangelsdorf, A.J. s.n. Molokai BISH 5/21/1944
7 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson road to Kaunakakai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. s.n. Molokai BISH 4/1/1915
8 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson Kaunakakai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Munro, G.C. s.n. Molokai BISH 8/23/1920
9 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson kaunakakai roadside PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. et al. collector number: 12443 Molokai BISH 12/22/1932
10 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson Kaunakakai, 1/2 mile W moist flat near shore PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 23382 Molokai BISH 12/19/1948
11 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson along highway, near airport arid Prosopis area PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 1895 Molokai BISH 8/7/1970
12 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson road to kaunakakai wet valley, gray clay run off PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. Oahu BISH 4/1/1915
13 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson along highway, near airport arid Prosopis area PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 1895 Molokai BISH 8/7/1970
14 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson Kaunakakai costal flat PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Uehara, S. s.n. Molokai BISH 10/11/1957
15 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson kaunakakai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN munro, g.c. Hawaii BISH 8/23/1920
16 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson kaunakakai costal flat PRESERVED_SPECIMEN uehara, s. Molokai BISH 10/11/1957
17 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson kaunakakai roadside flats near shore PRESERVED_SPECIMEN fosberg, f.r. collector number: 13418 Molokai BISH 12/26/1936
18 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 18177 MPM 6/26/1928
19 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson kaunakakai roadside PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. st. john, r. j. baker, j. w. coulter & f. r. fosberg 12443 Molokai US 12/22/1932
20 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson w of kaunakakai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 18177 Molokai US 6/26/1928
21 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson 1/2 mile w. of kaunakakai PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. st. john, g. cottam, c. f. hudson, j. e. lane & j. maysilles 23.382 Molokai US 12/19/1948
22 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson mapulehu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN mangelsdorf, a.j. collector number: s.n. Oahu US 5/21/1944
23 Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S.Watson Kaunakakai roadside PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 12443 Molokai BISH 12/22/1932
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