Atriplex

See also: atriplex

Translingual

Etymology

Latin atriplex, from Ancient Greek ἀτράφαξυς (atráphaxus), which is a substrate loan.

Proper noun

Atriplex f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – orach and saltbush plants.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Amaranthaceae – family; Chenopodioideae – subfamily; Chenopodieae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Atriplex hortensis (garden orach) – type species; Atriplex cristata (seashore orach), Atriplex glabriuscula (glabrous orach, Scotland orache, Babington's orache, seashore orache), Atriplex hortensis (garden orache), Atriplex intracontinentalis, Atriplex joaquinana (San Joaquin saltbush), Atriplex prostrata (Boucher's spear-leaved orache, fat-hen, halberd-leaf orache, hastate orache, hastate saltplant, seashore orach, spear-scale, thin-leaf orach, thin-leaved orache), Atriplex dioica (thickleaf orach) – selected other species; for more of the numerous other species see References (Wikipedia, Wikispecies, NCBI, The Plant List).

Derived terms

• Atripliceae

References

• Atriplex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Atriplex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Atriplex on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Atriplex at USDA Plants database
• Atriplex at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Atriplex at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Atriplex at Tropicos
• Chenopodioideae at APWeb
• Atriplex at The Plant List
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN