Caroxylon orientale

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Caroxylon orientale (S.G.Gmel.) Tzvelev, Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 50(1): 80 (1993).

Basionym
- Salsola orientalis S.G.Gmel., Reise Russland (S.G.Gmel.) 4: 47, t. 5. -Cf. J. F. Gmel. Syst. 453 (1784).
  - Type: (Kazakhstan): "Auf den kreidigen Anhöhen bei Manggischlak (Mangyshlak), 27.VII.1773", S.G.Gmelin (icono S.G.Gmelin, tab. V).
Homotypic
- Nitrosalsola orientalis (S.G.Gmel.) Theodorova, Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 72(5): 444 (2015).
Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2025)
- Salsola heliaramiae Mouterde, Nouv. Fl. LIban. Syire 1: 432 (1966).
  - Type: Syrie, steppe. Entre T4 et Qasr-el-Hair. 1953/10/07. P. Mouterde #P271. Holotype: G00177431, Isotypes: LE.
- Nitrosalsola heliaramiae (Mouterde) Theodorova, Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 72(5): 443 (2015).
- Salsola orientalis var. glabra Botsch., Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast., 12: 187 (1975).
- Salsola rigida Pall., Illustr. Pl.: 20 (1803).
- Salsola syriaca Botsch., Bot. Zhurn. 60: 505 (1975).
  - Type: Сирия, к северу от Дамаска, близ дер. Садад. Щебнисто-галечниковая равнина (= Syria, north of Damascus, near the village Sadad. Gravelly-pebble plains). 1958/10/01, L.Е. Rodin #289. Holotype: LE00011926.
- Nitrosalsola syriaca (Botsch.) Theodorova, Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 72(5): 444 (2015).

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Eastern Europe
  - European Russia
Asia-Temperate
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- Caucasus
  - Northern Caucasus, Azerbaijan (Nachichevan)
- Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine (Negev), Sinai
- China
  - Xinjiang

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Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Caroxylon orientale in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Caroxylon orientale. Published online. Accessed: 30. May 2025. Reference page.