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
*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