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Taxon:  Atriplex nummularia Lindl.



Summary
Genus:
Atriplex
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Chenopodieae
Nomen number:
6030
Place of publication:
T. L. Mitchell, J. exped. trop. Australia 64. 1848
Verified:
03/11/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
72 (70  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Atriplex nummularia Lindl. subsp. nummularia (332 active accession[s])
Atriplex nummularia Lindl. subsp. omissa Aellen (2 active accession[s])
Atriplex nummularia Lindl. subsp. spathulata Aellen (240 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Atriplex johnstonii C. B. Wolf
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Reference(s)
  1. Aellen, P. 1938. Revision der australischen und neuseelandischen Chenopodiaceae. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 68:376-380.
  2. Australian Systematic Botany Society. Flora of central Australia. 1981
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  4. Black, J. M. Flora of Southern Australia, ed. 2. 1943-1957
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  9. George, A. S., ed. 1984. Flora of Australia. 1980- 4:130.
  10. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
  11. Henderson, L. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001
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  13. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
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  22. Welsh, S. L. & C. Crompton. 1995. Names and types in perennial Atriplex Linnaeus (Chenopodiaceae) in North America selectively exclusive of Mexico. Great Basin Naturalist 55:328.
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Common names
English
giant saltbush –
old-man saltbush –
Afrikaans
oumansoutbos –
Transcribed Chinese
da yang zhou bin li –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Mexico  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia]
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Israel
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California]
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Weed  Henderson, L. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=6030. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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