Australia: The Land Where Time Began
Atriplex
There are more than 200 species of Atriplex known, of which about 45 are native to Australia (Allen, Botanical Journal, 68 (1938) 344-434).
A. holocarpa
Pop saltbush, NT: cs, SA: nw, ne, Q: gn, gs, wa. It grows outside the arid zone in WA, SA, NSW, and VIC.
A. spongiosa
Pop saltbush, NT: cn, cs, SA: nw, ne. Q: gn, gs, wa. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in WA and SA.
A.inflata
WA: gsd, lsd. NT: cn, cs. SA: ne. It grows outside the arid zone in Wa, SA, NSW, VIC
A. lindleyi
NT: cn, cs. SA: nw, ne. Q: gn, gs, wa. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in WA, SA, Q, NSW, VIC.
A. conduplicata
NT: cn, cs. SA: ne. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in SA, NSW. A. inflata, A, lindleyi and A.conduplicata are closely related. They may hybridise.
A. macropteryocarpa
NT: cs. SA: ne. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in WA, SA, NSW.
A. limbata
WA; lsd, wr. NT: cn.cs. SA: nw, ne. Q: gn, gs. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in SA, NSW
A. muelleri
NT: cn. SA: ne. Q: gn, gs, wa. It grows outside the arid zone in WA, SA, Q, NSW, VIC.
A. suberecta
NT: cs. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in WA, SA, VIC. The leaf shape and the strongly toothed acute bracteoles make it different from A. muelleri.
A. elachophylla
WA: gsd, td, lsd, gd, wr, gvd. NT: cn, cs. SA: nw, ne. Q: gn, gs, wa. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in WA, SA.
A. sp. (nr semibaccata R. Br.)
NT: cs.
A. cordifolia
NT: cs. SA: ne.
A. acutibractea
SA: ne. It grows outside the arid zone in WA, SA, NSW, VIC
A. leptocarpa
NT: cs. SA: ne. Q: wa. NSW It grows outside the arid zone in SA, NSW, VIC. The CA variant is sumetimes referred to as A. leptocarpa var. minor.
A. turbinata
NT: cs. SA: ne. NSW It grows outside the arid zone in SA.
A. crassipes
NT: cs. SA: ne. Q: gn, gs. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in NSW. WA
A. angulata
NT: cs. SA: nw, ne. Q: gn, gs, wa. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in SA, NSW, VIC.
A. cardleyae
NT: cs. SA: ne. Q: gn, gs, wa. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in WA, SA, Q, NSW, VIC.
A. quinii
WA: lsd, gvd. NT: cn, cs. SA: ne. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in SA, NSW.
A. semilunaris
WA: lsd, wr. It grows outside the arid zone in WA.
A. lobativalvis
SA: ne. Q: gn. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in SA
A. fissivalvis
SA: ne. Q: gn, gs. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in SA.
A. quadrivalvata
SA: ne. It grows outside the arid zone in WA, SA.
A. venutinella
NT: cs. SA: ne. Q: gn, gs. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in SA, NSW.
A. stipitata
Mallee Saltbush. NT: cs. SA: ne. Q: gs, wa. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in WA, SA, NSW, VIC.
A. vesicaria
Bladder saltbush. WA:, gd, wr. NT: cn, cs. SA: nw, ne. Q: gs, wa. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in all states.
A. bunburyana
WA: lsd. It grows outside the arid zone in WA.
A. incrassata
SA: ne. It grows outside the arid zone in WA, SA, NSW, VIC.
A. nummularia
Oll man saltbush. WA: wr. NT: cn, cs. SA: nw, ne. Q: gn, gs. NSW. It grows outside the arid zone in WA, SA, Q, NSW, VIC.
A. rhagodioides
NT: cs. SA:, nw, ne. It grows outside the arid zone in WA, SA, VIC. Could possibly not be distinct from A. incrassata.
Abbreviations
| NSW New South Wales |
| NT Northern Territory |
| Q Queensland |
| SA South Australia |
| WA Western Australia |
| VIC Victoria |
| gsd Great Sandy Desert |
| gvd Great Victoria Desert |
| lsd Little Sandy Desert |
| td Tanami Desert |
| gd Gibson Desert |
| wr Warburton Region |
| cn Central North |
| cs Central South |
| nw North West |
| ne North East |
| gn Gregory North |
| gs Gregory South |
| wa Warrego |
John Jessop, Flora of Central Australia, The Australian Systematic Botany Society, Reed Books, 1981
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