Caroxylon divaricatum

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 divaricatum

Name

Caroxylon divaricatum Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13, 2: 177 (1849). (Fig. 1, F)

• Lectotype (designated by Botschantzev 1974a: 611): South Africa: Ad caput Bonae-Spei [Cape of Good Hope] [Western Cape Prov.] Ebenezar, in der Valei und am Ufer des Olifantsriver, unter 100 Fuß, November 1839, Drège 3000a (planta glabra). Lectotype: LE-00011854; Isolectotypes: BM-000910445, E-00196321, K-001089675, C.L.P. Zeyher 3000a, P00799060.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Salsola divaricata (Moq.) Moq. ex Ulbr., Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 566. (1934), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Salsola divaricata Masson ex Link 1825).
  • Salsola capensis Botsch., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 54(7): 989. (1969), nom. nov.
• Heterotypic
  • Salsola tuberculata var. albida Fenzl ex Drege p.p. in Flora 26(29), 2, Beigabe: 107, 217 (1844), nom. nud., (without description)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa South Africa (WC): Olifants River Valley 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. : 177
• Ulbrich, O.E. 1934. Chenopodiaceae, in: Engler, A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (eds.): Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed.2. 16c, Engelmann, Leipzig: 379–584. Reference page. : 566
• Botschantzev, V.P. 1969. The genus Salsola: a concise history of its development and dispersal. Botanicheskii Zhurnal (Moscow & Leningrad) 54(7): 989–1001. [In Russian] Reference page. : 989, adnot.
• Drège, J.F. 1843. Zwei pflanzengeographische Documente. Flora 26 (29). Besondere Beigabe, Band II: 1–230. BHL Reference page. : 107, 217

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. : 160

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Caroxylon divaricatum. 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 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Caroxylon divaricatum. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 27 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Caroxylon divaricatum 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. 
• Tropicos.org 2017. Salsola capensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 January 2017.
• African Plant Database 2017. Caroxylon divaricatum. Accessed: 2018 June 27.