Caroxylon geminiflorum

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: Caroxyleae
Genus: Caroxylon
Species: Caroxylon geminiflorum

Name

Caroxylon geminiflorum (Fenzl ex C.H.Wright) Mucina, Phytotaxa 312(2): 162. (2017)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Salsola geminiflora Fenzl ex C.H.Wright, Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 5(1): 454. (1912)
    • Type: South Africa. Ebenezar: auf steinigen trockenen (karrooartigen) Hügeln, under 500 Fuß, November, Drège 8024a. Holotype: K-000243986; Isotypes: E-00196320, HAL-0107081, LE-00011858, LE-00011859, LE-00011860, PRE-0375555-0.
• Homotypic
  • Salsola geminiflora Fenzl in Drège, Flora 26, 2, Beigabe: 108, 217 (1844), nom. nud.
  • "Caroxylon sp. E" sensu Mucina & Snijman in Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region. Vol. 2: The Extra Cape flora: 234 (2013)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa Namibia: southern Namibia; South Africa (WC?, NC, FS): Knersvlakte?, Bushmanland, Upper Karoo, Gordonia, Lower Karoo, western Free State, Griqualand West. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Mucina, L. 2017. Caroxylon (Chenopodiaceae s.str.) in continental southern Africa and Madagascar: a preliminary nomenclatural synopsis and biogeographical considerations. Phytotaxa 312(2): 151–178. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.312.2.1 Reference page. : 162
• Wright, C.H. 1912. Chenopodiaceae. In: Thiselton-Dyer (ed.): Flora Capensis, Volume 5, part 1, pp. 433–454. BHL Reference page. : 454

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Caroxylon geminiflorum. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Caroxylon geminiflorum. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 28 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Caroxylon geminiflorum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 07. Reference page.