Haloxylon

Haloxylon ammodendron

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Salsoloideae
Tribus: Salsoleae
Genus: Haloxylon

Accepted species: H. ammodendron – H. persicum

Names in synonymy: H. aphyllum – H. articulatum – H. eigii – H. elegans – H. floridum – H. gracile – H. griffithii – H. indicum – H. leptocladum – H. multiflorum – H. negevensis – H. pachycladum – H. ramosissimum – H. recurvum – H. regelii – H. salicornicum – H. schmittianum – H. schweinfurthii – H. scoparium – H. stocksii – H. subulifolium – H. tamariscifolium – H. thomsonii – H. wakhanicum

Name

Haloxylon Bunge ex Fenzl, Fl. Ross. (Ledeb.) 3(2,11): 819. (1851)

• Type: Haloxylon ammodendron (C.A.Mey.) Bunge. (Lectotype designated by: L.K.G. Pfeiffer 1873. Nomencl. Bot. 1(1): 1552).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa Northern Africa Egypt (Eastern Desert) Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Palestine (Israel, Jordan), Sinai Arabian Peninsula Gulf States (United Arab Emirates, Qatar), Oman, Saudi Arabia China Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Nei Mongol Mongolia Mongolia Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Pakistan (Baluchistan) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fenzl, E. 1851. Salsolaceae. pp. 689–853. In: Ledebour, C.F.: Flora Rossica Vol. 3, Pars 2. BHL Reference page. : 819.
• Bunge, A.v. 1852 ('1851'). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Flor Russlands und der Steppen Central-Asiens (aus den Mémoires des savants étrangers Tome VII besonders abgedruckt). St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. [1–370 of the preprint, double pagination]. BHL - [Separate preprint from: Bunge, A.v. 1852. Alexandri Lehmann Reliquiae Botanicae, sive Enumeratio Plantarum ab Alexandro Lehmann in Itinere per Regiones Uralensi-Caspicas, Deserta Kirghisiorum, Transoxanam et Sogdianam annis 1839–1842 peracto, collectarum. (Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Flora Russlands und der Steppen Central-Asiens. Erste Abtheilung). Mémoires présentées á l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg par Divers Savans et lus dans ses assemblées 7: 181–536. BHL Reference page:  292 / 468.

Additional references

• Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Reference page. 
• Akhani, H., Edwards, G. & Roalson, E.H. 2007. Diversification of the Old World Salsoleae s.l. (Chenopodiaceae): Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Nuclear and Chloroplast Data Sets and a Revised Classification. International Journal of Plant Sciences 168(6): 931–956. DOI: 10.1086/518263 ResearchGate Reference page. : 946.
• Zhu, G., Mosyakin, S.L. & Clemants, S.E. 2004.
• 'eFloras 2008. Haloxylon in Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Haloxylon. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Haloxylon. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 27 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Haloxylon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Haloxylon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Mar. 2019.
• GBIF Haloxylon accessed 8 December 2015..

Vernacular names

العربية: رمث
azərbaycanca: Saksaul
беларуская: Саксаул
Deutsch: Saksaule
English: Saxauls
فارسی: تاغ
suomi: Saksaulit
հայերեն: Սաքսաուլ
ქართული: საქსაული
қазақша: Сексеуіл
lietuvių: Saksaūlas
polski: Saksauł
پښتو: بلنځه
русский: Саксаул
ไทย: สกุลฮาโลไซลอน
українська: Саксаул
oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча: Saksovul
中文: 梭梭属, suo suo shu

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