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Atriplex suberecta I. Verd.

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Project data (Last Modified On 6/14/2015)

Nomenclature :

14. Atriplex suberecta I. Verd., Bothalia 6: 418. (1954). Type: By the description, many specimens from South Africa (Cape Province, Orange Free State, South West Africa, and Transvaal) are listed (syntypes – K). Lectotype not designated. [Plate 215c ]

Common name :

מלוח קטן-פרי.

Habitat :

Hab.: Waste places, disturbed ground at roadsides. Philistean Plain, Esdraelon Plain, Shefela, Judean Mts., Northern Negev, Negev Highlands, Bet Shean Valley, Gilboa, Arava Valley, Golan, Edom. Rare but locally common. New to the Flora Palaestina (Danin, Distribution Atlas, 2004).

Area distribution :

Described from S Africa, but it seems that the place of origin of A. suberecta is actually Australia where it is growing together with other native species of Atriplex. Recently invaded the Mediterranean, S America, and Africa.