Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

ATRIPLEX (La)
Saltbush (Le)
Family: AMARANTHACEAE (= CEHENOPODIACEAE)

ater, atra, = coal-black, lustreless-black, sable, dark;
(especially, dull black)
plexus, = a twining, plaiting, braid.
atriplexum, = the orach, a kitchen vegetable.

(ld, BL)

Atriplex patula subsp. austro-africana (La)

Location: (F)

patulus, = standing open, open; spread out, spreading, extended, broad, wide.
(spread, outspread)

australis, = southern;
Africa, = Africa;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(from South Africa)
africanus, = pertaining to Africa, African.
(ld, BL)

Atriplex semibaccata var. appendulata (La)
Brakbos, Cape Saltbush, Karoobrak (PS)
Location: (F, P)

semi-, = half-. demi-, semi-;
baca, bacca, = a small round fruit, a berry;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(partly berried)

appendix, appendicis, = that which hangs to anything, an appendage;
-ulus, = diminutive.
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(appendiculate, with small appendages or projections, hanging in small frgaments)
NOTE - The varieties are not used by Flora of Australia (where the species originates) and should be ignored.
(ld, BL, K3, Cw)