Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Caryophyllanae > Order Caryophyllales > Family Chenopodiaceae > Genus Atriplex

Atriplex glabriuscula Edmondston

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Atriplex*	L.	accepted genus name
*Atriplex arazdajanica*	Kapeller	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex aucheri*	Moq.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex belangeri*	D. Dietr.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex calotheca*	(Rafn) Fr.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex cana*	C. A. Mey.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex canescens*	(Pursh) Nutt.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex chenopodioides*	Batt.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex colerei*	Maire	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex coriacea*	Forssk.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex crassifolia*	C. A. Mey.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex davisii*	Aellen	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex dimorphostegia*	Kar. & Kir.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex elongata*	Guss.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex farinosa*	Forssk.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex fominii*	Iljin	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex glabriuscula*	Edmondston	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex glauca*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex halimus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex holocarpa*	F. Muell.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex hortensis*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex intracontinentalis*	Sukhor.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex laevis*	Ledeb.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex lanfrancoi*	(Brullo & Pavone) G. Kadereit & Sukhor.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex lindleyi*	Moq.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex littoralis*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex longipes aggr.*		taxonomically included in
*Atriplex malvana*	Aellen & Sauvage	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex micrantha*	C.A. Mey.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex microcarpa*	Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex mollis*	Desf.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex muelleri*	Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex nilotica*	Sukhor.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex nummularia*	Lindl.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex oblongifolia*	Waldst. & Kit.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex patens*	(Litv.) Iljin	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex patula*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex prostrata*	DC.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex pungens*	Trautv.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex rosea*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex sagittata*	Borkh.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex schugnanica*	Iljin	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex semibaccata*	R. Br.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex semilunaris*	Aellen	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex sibirica*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex sphaeromorpha*	Iljin	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex spongiosa*	F. Muell.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex suberecta*	I. Verd.	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex sukhorukovii*	Başköse & Yaprak	taxonomically included in
*Atriplex tatarica aggr.*		taxonomically included in
*Atriplex turcomanica*	(Moq.) Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Blackiella*	Aellen	synonym
*Cremnophyton*	Brullo & Pavone	synonym
*Obione*	Gaertn.	synonym
*Senniella*	Aellen	synonym

Species group names

*Atriplex babingtonii*	J. Woods	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Tykbladet Mælde sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2

Dutch: Kustmelde sources: Meijden, R. van der 1990: Heukels' Flora van Nederland, ed. 21. – Groningen

Estonian: sile malts sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Faroese: fjørurímbløðka sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2

Finnish: lännenmaltsa; lännenmaltsa sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2;Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

French: Arroche de Babington sources: 2006: Tela Botanica, Le réseau de la botanique francophone – http://www.tela-botanica.org/

German: Kahle-Melde sources: Rothmaler, W. (ed. Jäger, E. J.) 2011: Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Gefäßpflanzen: Grundband, ed. 20. – Heidelberg: Spektrum

Icelandic: hrímblaðka; Hrímblaðka sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2;Wasowicz, P. 2020: Annotated checklist of vascular plants of Iceland. – Garðabæ: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands

Latvian: kailā balodene sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Lithuanian: balsvoji balandūnė sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Norwegian: bruskmelde sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2

Polish: Łoboda nadmorska sources: Mirek, Z. 1995: Vascular plants of Poland. A Checklist.

Russian: лебеда гладковатая sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Scottish Gaelic: Eilifleog chladaigh sources: Scannell, M. J. P. & Synnott, D. M. 1987: Census catalogue of the flora of Ireland, ed. 2. – Dublin

Swedish: broskmålla; broskmålla sources: Jonsell, B. 2001: Flora Nordica 2;Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Welsh: Llygwyn y Tywod

Literature

original description	Edmondston, T. (1845). A flora of Shetland: comprehending a list of the flowering and cryptogamic plants of the Shetland Islands, with remarks on their topography, geology, and climate. Aberdeen: G. Clark. xxvii + 67pp.
basis of record	Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp.
nomenclatural reference	Fl. Shetl.: 39. 1845

Genbank

Citation

Uotila, P. 2011+: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. Atriplex glabriuscula Edmondston. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2cb138d7-844e-473f-9add-ec17cb268777

WoRMS (2025). Atriplex glabriuscula Edmondst. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=425960