Caroxylon zeyheri

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 zeyheri

Name

Caroxylon zeyheri Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 176. (1849)

• Type: (South Africa): Boschjemanland [Namaqualand today]: Bitterfontein, kalksteinhaltige Hügel und karrooartige Niederungen, reichhaltig an Salzpflanzen, 3000–4000 ft, Zeyher 1447 planta alternifolia. Lectotype (designated by Botschantzev 1974: 603): L.; Isolectotypes: K K000243938, K000243937, NBG-SAM0043483-0, PRE 0375574-0.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Salsola zeyheri (Moq.) Bunge, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 7. 27(8): 13. (1880), nomen
  • Salsola zeyheri (Moq.) Schinz, Bull. Herb. Boissier v. App. 3, 62. (1897), isonym

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa Namibia: Sperrgebiet, Lüderitzbucht, and southern Karas region; South Africa (WC, NC): Knersvlakte, Namaqualand, Bushmanland. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Salsolaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 41–219. Masson, Paris. BHL Reference page. : 176
• Bunge, A.v. 1880. Pflanzen-geographische Betrachtungen über die Familie der Chenopodiaceen. Mémoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint Petersbourg. Ser. 7. 27(8): 1–36. BHL Reference page. : 13
• Schinz, H. 1897. Die Pflanzenwelt Deutsch-Südwest-Afrikas. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 5. App. III: 59–101. BHL Reference page. : 62

Additional 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. : 171

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Caroxylon zeyheri. 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 May 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Caroxylon zeyheri. Published online. Accessed: May 23 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Caroxylon zeyheri in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 08. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2016. Caroxylon zeyheri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 December 2016.