Genus Rumicastrum Ulbr.

Usually considered a synonym of Atriplex L.


Summary
Genus number:
10587
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Chenopodieae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
proposed for rejection (nom. rej. prop.) against the heterotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4) Parakeelya Hershk., nom. cons. prop.

There are no associated species records for this genus in GRIN.

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References:
  1. Carolin, R. C. 1987. A review of the family Portulacaceae. Austral. J. Bot. 35:406. Note: accepts in Portulacaceae
  2. Carolin, R. C. 1993. Portulacaceae. In: Kubitzki, K., ed., The families and genera of vascular plants. 2:551-552. Note: accepts in Portulacaceae
  3. Green, J. W. 1985. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia Note: accepts in Portulacaceae
  4. Hershkovitz, M. A. 1998. Parakeelya: a new genus segregated from Calandrinia (Portulacaceae). Phytologia 84:98-106. Note: appears to belong to Chenopodiaceae
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=10587. Accessed 12 May 2026.