Soda oppositifolia

Soda oppositifolia, fruiting

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: Soda
Species: Soda oppositifolia

Name

Soda oppositifolia (Desf.) Akhani, Frontiers Pl. Sci. (Online journal) 11-546518: 30 (2020).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Salsola oppositifolia Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1: 219. (1798)
    • Type: Tunisia: In agro Tunetano. R.L. Desfontaines s.n. - Lectotype (designated by Peruzzi, L. & Passalacqua, N.G. 2004): P P00267790. Isolectotype: MO MO100385228.
• Homotypic
  • Salsola longifolia var. oppositifolia (Desf.) C.Vicioso, Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 6: 25 (1948)
  • Seidlitzia oppositifolia (Desf.) Iljin, Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 16: 88. (1954)
• Heterotypic (ref. Govaerts 2024, Hassler 2024)
  • Salsola oppositifolia f. feminea Botsch., Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast., 26: 86. (1989)

• Misapplied names (ref. Uotila 2011)
  • "Salsola longifolia" sensu auct.
  • "Salsola verticillata" sensu auct.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southwestern Europe Baleares, Spain Southeastern Europe Italy, Sicilia Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara Asia-Temperate Western Asia Palestine, Sinai, Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia (Hejaz), References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rudov, A., Mashkour, M., Djamali, M. & Akhani, H. 2020. A Review of C4 Plants in Southwest Asia: An Ecological, Geographical and Taxonomical Analysis of a Region With High Diversity of C4 Eudicots. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 546518. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.546518 Reference page. 
• Desfontaines, R.L. 1798. Flora Atlantica sive historia plantarum quae in Atlante, agro tunetano et algeriensi crescunt. Tomus primus. xx + 444 pp, 120 pl., Parisiis: Panckoucke. BHL Reference page. 
• Iljin, M.M. 1954. De genere Seidlitzia Bge. Notae criticae. Botanicheskie Materialy Gerbariya Botanicheskogo Instituta Imeni V. L. Komarova Akademii Nauk SSSR (Notulae Systematicae ex Herbario Instituti Botanici V.L. Komarovii Academiae Scientiarum URSS) 16: 86–93. Reference page. 
• Peruzzi, L. & Passalacqua, N.G. 2004. On the lectotypifications of the names of four species described by Desfontaines reported for Calabria (S. Italy). Taxon 53(2): 543–547. DOI: 10.2307/4135636 JSTOR ResearchGate. Reference page. 

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Soda oppositifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar 05. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Soda oppositifolia. 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 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Soda oppositifolia. Published online. Accessed: Mar 05 2024.

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