Caroxylon tuberculatum

Caroxylon tuberculatum

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 tuberculatum

Name

Caroxylon tuberculatum Moq., Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13(2): 178. (1849)

• Type: Africa Australis [South Africa]: "Ad caput bonae spei" [Cape of Good Hope]: Zeyher 1446. Syntypes: GRA-0000902-0, K-000243976, PRE-0370969-0.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Salsola tuberculata (Moq.) Fenzl ex Drège, in Flora 2, Beigabe: 92, 107, 217 (1843). (nomen)
  • Salsola tuberculata (Moq.) Fenzl ex Moq., in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 3, 2: 816. (1851)
  • Salsola tuberculata (Moq.) Fenzl ex Schinz, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5, App. 3: 62 (1897), isonym
  • Caroxylon tuberculatum (Fenzl ex Moq.) Theodorova, Turczaninowia 14(3): 75. (2011), isonym
  • Caroxylon verrucosum Moq. (1849) ("olim"), nom. inval., in syn. of Caroxylon tuberculatum, (not synonym with Salsola verrucosa Bieb.)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa Namibia: Namib Desert, Brandberg, Hereroland, Klein Karas, Ovamboland?; Botswana: southern Kalahari; South Africa (NW, FS, NC, WC): Gamka Karoo, eastern Bushmanland, Griqualand West, Gordonia, western Free State, North-West Province 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. 
• Drège, J.F. 1843. Zwei pflanzengeographische Documente. Flora 26 (29). Besondere Beigabe, Band II: 1–230. BHL Reference page. 
• Ledebour, C.F. 1849–1851. Flora Rossica; (sive, Enumeratio plantarum in totius Imperii Rossici provinciis Europaeis, Asiaticis et Americanis hucusque observatarum). Vol. 3. Pars 2. pp. [1–8], 493–866. Stuttgartiae [Stuttgart], E. Schweizerbart. BHL Reference page. 
• Schinz, H. 1897. Die Pflanzenwelt Deutsch-Südwest-Afrikas. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 5. App. III: 59–101. BHL Reference page. 
• Theodorova (Feodorova), T.A. 2011. Phylogenetic relations of the South African species of Caroxylon sect. Caroxylon and Tetragonae (Chenopodiaceae) based on the morphology and nrITS Sequences. Turczaninowia 14(3): 69–76 (Russian, English summary). PDF Reference page. 

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. : 170–171

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Caroxylon tuberculatum. 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 tuberculatum. Published online. Accessed: May 23 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Caroxylon tuberculatum 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. 

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Blomkoolganna

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