Global InformationProatriplex information
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| Proatriplex pleiantha Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chenopodioideae |
| Tribe: | Atripliceae |
| Genus: | Proatriplex (W.A.Weber) Stutz & G.L.Chu |
| Species: | P. pleiantha
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| Binomial name | |
| Proatriplex pleiantha (W.A.Weber) Stutz & G.L.Chu (1990)
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Proatriplex is a monotypic plant genus in the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae, with the only species Proatriplex pleiantha (syn. Atriplex pleiantha).[1] It is known by the common names four-corners orach[2] and Mancos shadscale.[3] It occurs in the Navajo Basin of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.
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FlNAmericawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Proatriplex pleiantha". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 October 2015.