Halimione

Halimione portulacoides

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: Chenopodioideae
Tribus: Chenopodieae (incl. Atripliceae)
Genus: Halimione
Sectiones: H. sect. Halimione – H. sect. Halimus
Sister genus of Atriplex, has sometimes been included.

Overview of species

Species (3): H. pedunculata – H. portulacoides – H. verrucifera

Names in synonymy: H. fera

• for Halimus: H. australis – H. borealis – H. canus – H. pedunculatus – H. portulacoides – H. verruciferus
  

Name

Halimione Aellen, Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel 1937-8, 49: 121. (1938), nom. nov.

• Type species: Halimione pedunculata (L.) Aellen

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Halimus Wallr., Sched. Crit. 1: 117. (1822), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Halimus P.Browne 1756)
    • Type species: Halimus pedunculatus (L.) Wallr.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Northern Europe Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom, Sweden (S) Middle Europe Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Poland Southwestern Europe France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Slovenia, Turkey-in-Europe Eastern Europe Estonia, Krym, W- & E-European Russia, Ukraine Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia Asia-Temperate Siberia W-Siberia Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Caucasus Northern Caucasus, Transcaucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya Western Asia Cyprus, Egypt, [Sinai], Iran , Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey China Xinjiang References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Aellen, P. 1938. Halimione Aellen, eine rehabilitierte Chenopodiaceen-Gattung. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 49: 118–130. Reference page. : 121
• Wallroth, K.F.W. 1822. Schedulae criticae de plantis Florae Halensis selectis. Tomus I. Phanerogamia. Halae, C.A. Kümmerlie. online Reference page. : 117

Additional references

• Kadereit, G., Mavrodiev, E.V., Zacharias, E.H. & Sukhorukov, A.P. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of Atripliceae (Chenopodioideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for systematics, biogeography, flower and fruit evolution, and the origin of C₄ Photosynthesis. American Journal of Botany 97(10): 1664–1687. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000169 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2024. Halimione. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Halimione. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 26 2016.

• Tropicos.org 2016. Halimione. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Feb. 2016.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Keilmelde
français: Obione
svenska: Saltmållor

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