Atriplex cinerea
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Atriplex cinerea, commonly known as grey saltbush, coast saltbush, barilla or truganini, is a plant species in the family Amaranthaceae.[3] It occurs in sheltered coastal areas and around salt lakes in the Australian states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.[4][5]
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Atriplex cinerea | |
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Williamstown, Victoria | |
From Mueller 1889[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Atriplex |
Species: | A. cinerea |
Binomial name | |
Atriplex cinerea | |
Occurrence data ALA[2] |
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The Latin specific name cinerea means "ashy". Atriplex cinerea has a chromosome number 2n=54,[6][7] indicating the species is hexaploid as the base number in Atriplex is 9.[8]