Atriplex micrantha Ledeb.

Sukhorukov, Alexander P., Kushunina, Maria A., Stepanova, Nina Yu., Kalmykova, Olga G., Golovanov, Yaroslav M. & Sennikov, Alexander N., 2024, Taxonomic inventory and distributions of Chenopodiaceae (Amaranthaceae s. l.) in Orenburg Region, Russia, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 121541-e 121541 : e121541-

Atriplex micrantha Ledeb.

Atriplex micrantha Ledeb., Icon. Pl. Fl. Ross. 1: 11 (1829).

= Atriplex heterosperma Bunge, Beitr. Fl. Russl. : 272 (1852).

Native status

Native.

Conservation status

Least Concern ( LC).

EOO 67,635 km 2, AOO 44 km 2. This species is not rare and has no tendency for declining.

Distribution

Orenburg Region: Belyaevka, Krasnaya Gvardia, Kuvandyk, Kvarkeno, Novoorsk, Novosergievka, Sol' - Iletsk, Svetlyi, Yasnyi Districts, Orenburg City (Fig. 10 ). The species is very common in Orenburg Region and its occurrence in other districts is suggested ( Ryabinina 1998, Knjazev 2009).

Previous reports: Iljin (1930), Ryabinina (1998), Knjazev (2009).

The species occurs on saline substrates, sometimes as a weed. It was found sporadically mostly in the southern part of the Region.

The species is distributed as native in Central Asia, north-western China, southern Siberia, in steppes and deserts of southern Eastern Europe. It is known as alien in Western, Central and Northern Europe (as ephemerophyte in Fennoscandia), West Asia, East Asia (Russian Far East), temperate North and South America.

Figures

Figure 10. Distribution map of Atriplex micrantha (confirmed occurrences).