Maireana pentatropis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Maireana pentatropis (Tate) Paul G. Wilson, Nuytsia 2: 39 (1975).

Basionym
- Kochia pentatropis Tate, Trans. Proc. & Rep. Roy. Soc. South Australia 7: 67 (1885).
  - Type: Calcareous loamy soil between Mounts Playfair and Parry, Aroona Range, and spreading there along course of Mount Parry Creek. R. Tate
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2025)
- Kochia decipiens Gauba, Vict. Naturalist 65: 165 (1948).
  - Type: Very common on sandy and loamy soils around Loveday, flowering and fruiting October–May. Holotype: E. Gauba 15.11.42.
- Kochia ostenfeldii Paulsen, Dansk Bot. Ark. 2(8): 60 (1918).
  - Type: Kalgoorlie (No. 324, 7 Oct. 1914; No. 326, 8 Oct. 1914).

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia C- and SE-Western Australia, S-Northern Territory, South Australia, W-New South Wales, Victoria References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Wilson, P.G. 1975. A taxonomic revision of the genus Maireana (Chenopodiaceae). Nuytsia 2(1): 2–84. DOI: 10.58828/nuy00028 [1] Reference page.
Tate, R. 1885. Description of new species of South Australian Plants. Transactions and proceedings and report of the Royal Society of South Australia 7: 67–71. BHL Reference page.
Gauba, E. 1948. Contributions to the Flora of South Australia 2. The Victorian Naturalist 65: 163–168. BHL Reference page.
Paulsen, O.W. 1918. Chenopodiaceae from West-Australia. Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 2 (8): 56–66. BHL Reference page.

APNI - Australian Plant Name Index. 2018. Maireana pentatropis. Accessed: 2018 July 6.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Maireana pentatropis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jun 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Maireana pentatropis. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 15 2016. Reference page.