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New data on representatives of the genus Atriplex sect. Teutliopsis and sect. Atriplex are given for Israel and Syria a. A. laevis (A. littoralis auct.) is new for the Eastern Mediterranean region. A. patula is represented in both Syria and Israel with the special variety A. patula var. palaestina. Its lectotype is chosen. A. prostrata is evidently very rare in Syria and not found yet in Israel. The specimens earlier defined as A. prostrata belong mostly to A. davisii. Atriplex micrantha, new to Israel (and Jordan) is represented by two forms. A new key for the representatives of Atriplex sect. Teutliopsis in the study area is given. Atriplex sagittata (=A. nitens auct.) should be excluded from the floristic lists of both countries. The records earlier defined as A. sagittata belong to A. hortensis, a very rare alien.