Hammada scoparia

Hammada scoparia

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: Hammada
Species: Hammada scoparia

Name

Hammada scoparia (Pomel) Iljin, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 33: 583 (1948).

(Accepted by Akhani 2007 and APD 2019. Considered as synonym of Haloxylon scoparium by Hassler 2019 and Govaerts 2019. Considered as synonym of Hammada articulata by Uotila 2011.)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Haloxylon scoparium Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 335 (1875).
    • Type: Algérie. Sols argilo-gypseux: Oued-Krelouk (Relizane). Syntypes: MPU MPU005807, MPU005808 MPU005809
• Homotypic
  • Haloxylon articulatum subsp. scoparium (Pomel) Batt., Fl. Algérie Dicot.: 765 (1890).
  • Haloxylon articulatum var. scoparium (Pomel) Hochr., Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 7-8: 133 (1904).
  • Arthrophytum scoparium (Pomel) Iljin, Mater. Istorii Fl. Rastitel'n S.S.S.R. 2: 222 (1946).
  • Arthrophytum scoparium (Pomel) Iljin ex Maire & Weiller, Fl. Afr. Nord 8: 161 (1962).
  • Hammada articulata subsp. scoparia (Pomel) O.Bolòs & Vigo, Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 89 (1974).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara. West Tropical Africa Mauritania. Asia-Temperate Western Asia Egypt, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Battandier, J.A. & Trabut, L.C. 1888–1890. Flore de l'Algérie. Ancienne flore d'Alger transformée, contenant la description de toutes les plantes signalées jusqu'à ce jour comme spontanées en Algérie par Battandier et Trabut professeurs à l'École de Mèdecine et de Pharmacie d'Alger. (1.) Dicotylédones. XI, 825, XXIX pp., Alger: Adolphe Jourdan. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 765.
• Bolòs, O. & Vigo, J. 1974. Notes sobre taxonomia i nomenclatura de plantes, I. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d’Història Natural. Secció de botanica 38(1): 61–89. PDF Reference page. : 89
• Iljin, M.M. 1946. Some results gained by studying the formation of flora in the deserts of Central Asia. Pp. 197–256. In: Materials on the history of the flora and vegetation of the USSR, Fasc. 2. Moscow, Leningrad: Academic Sciences Press. [Russian, English summary] Reference page. : 222
• Iljin, M.M. 1948. Novi rod Hammada Iljin. Botanicheskii Zhurnal (Moscow & Leningrad) 33: 582–583. Reference page. : 583.
• Maire, R.C.J.E.† 1962. Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 8. Dicotyledoneae, Archichlamydeae: Centrospermales: Chenopodiaceae, Amaranthaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Thelygonaceae, Aizoaceae, Portulacaceae, Basellaceae. 303 pp. Paul Lechevalier, Paris. PDF Reference page. : 161
• Pomel, A.N. 1875. Nouveaux Matériaux pour la Flore Atlantique. 2: 257(bis)–399. Paris: Savy / Alger: Juillet St-Lager. Biblioteca Digital. Reference page. : 335.

Additional references

• 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.
• Uotila, P. 2011. Hammada scoparia. In: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). – Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

Links

• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Hammada scoparia. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2019-03-28.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Haloxylon scoparium. 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. 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Hammada scoparia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 28 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Haloxylon scoparium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 28. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Hammada scoparia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Mar. 2019.

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