Stutzia covillei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Stutzia
Species:
S. covillei
Binomial name
Stutzia covillei
(Standl.) E.H. Zacharias
Synonyms
  • Endolepis covillei Standl.
  • Atriplex covillei (Standl.) J.F.Macbr.

Stutzia covillei, the arrow-scale or Coville's orach, is an annual plant in the amaranth family (Amaranthaceae) that grows in dry climates and deserts of the Southwestern United States.[1] Formerly part of genus Atriplex and transferred to Stutzia in 2010.[2]

References

  1. Welsh, S.L. 2003. Atriplex covillei in Flora of North America Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
    • Zacharias, E.H. & Baldwin, B.G. 2010. A molecular phylogeny of North American Atripliceae (Chenopodiaceae), with implications for floral and photosynthetic pathway evolution. Systematic botany, 35(4): 839-857. doi: 10.1600/036364410X539907. page 852.


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