Archiatriplex

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Archiatriplex

Archiatriplex G.L.Chu in J. Arnold Arbor. 68: 461. 1987 sec. Kühn 19931

• Type: Archiatriplex nanpinensis G.L.Chu

• 1. Kühn, U. 1993: Chenopodiaceae, pp. 253-281. – In: Kubitzki, K., Rohwer, J.G. & Bittrich, V. (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2. – Berlin, Heidelberg & New York: Springer

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This monotypic genus is only known from the northern Sichuan province of China, near Nanping (Chu 1987). Archiatriplex is interpreted as an ancient lineage of the Chenopodieae (formerly Atripliceae) based on molecular phylogenetic and morphological evidence (Kadereit & al. 2010).A,B

Bibliography

A. Chu, G. L. 1987: Archiatriplex, a new Chenopodiaceous genus from China. – Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 68: 461 – 469

B. Kadereit, G., Mavrodiev, E. V., Zacharias, E. H. & Sukhorukov, A. P. 2010: Molecular phylogeny of Atripliceae (Chenopodioideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for systematics, biogeography, flower and fruit evolution, and the origin of C4 photosynthesis. – American Journal of Botany 97(10): 1664-1687. http://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000169