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Extriplex is a plant genus in the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae. It was described in 2010 and comprises two species, that were formerly included in genus Atriplex. They are restricted to the California Floristic Province.
The genus Extriplex occurs only in the California Floristic Province and in the coastal desert of Baja California. It is known from the Central Valley and the valleys of the inner coast ranges, and from slightly north of San Francisco to Cedros Island, Baja California, where is grows on sandy coasts, in shrubland and salt marshes.
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