Bassia (Amaranthaceae)

Bassia laniflora

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: Camphorosmoideae
Tribus: Camphorosmeae
Genus: Bassia
Species: B. aegyptiaca – B. angustifolia – B. arabica – B. dinteri – B. eriophora – B. hyssopifolia – B. indica – B. laniflora – B. lasiantha – B. monticola – B. muricata – B. odontoptera – B. pilosa – B. prostrata – B. salsoloides – B. scoparia – B. stellaris – B. tianschanica – B. tomentosa – B. villosissima

• This taxon list was last updated on 19 December 2024.

Name

Bassia All., Mélanges Philos. Math. Soc. Roy. Turin 3: 177 (1766).

• Type species: (Lectotype, designated by Schweinfurth, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 187, 1867.): Bassia aegyptiaca All. = Bassia muricata (L.) Asch.
  • In 1766, Allioni did not give a species name, but from All., Mélanges Philos. Math. Soc. Roy. Turin 3: 9 178. (1766) & 5: 93 (1770) it seems that Bassia aegyptiaca All. could be interpreted as the base for his genus description .

Synonyms

• Heterotypic (ref. Kadereit & Freitag 2011)
  • Chenoleoides (Ulbr.) Botsch., Botaničeskii Žhurnal (Moscow & Leningrad) 61(10): 1408. (1976)
    • Basionym Chenolea sect. Chenoleoides Ulbr., Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Zweite Auflage 16c: 530. (1934)
  • Echinopsilon Moq., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 2, 2: 127. (1834), replaced Willemetia Maerkl.
  • Kirilowia Bunge, Delectus Seminum Horti Botanicus 1843: 7. (1843)
    • Type species: not designated
  • Kochia Roth, Journal für die Botanik 1800(1): 307. (1801)
    • Type species: Kochia arenaria (G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.) Roth
  • Londesia Fisch. & C.A.Mey., Index Seminum [St. Petersburg] 2: 40. (1835 [1836])
    • Type species: Londesia eriantha Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • Panderia Fisch. & C.A.Mey., Index Seminum [St. Petersburg] 2: 21, 46. (1835 [1836])
    • Type species: Panderia pilosa Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • Willemetia Maerkl., Journal für die Botanik 1800 (1): 329. (1801) (nom. illeg., later homonym of Willemetia Neck. 1777-1778)
  • Bushiola Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 95. (1915), nom. illeg. (nom. superfl., published as nom. nov. for Kochia Roth.)
    • Type species: Bushiola scoparia (L.) Nieuwl.

Homonyms

• Bassia J.Koenig, Mant. Pl. Altera [Linnaeus] 555 (1771), nom. illeg. hom. vide Madhuca Ham. ex J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 799. (1791) (Sapotaceae)

References

Primary references

• Allioni, C. 1766. Stirpium aliquot descriptiones cum duorum novorum generum constitutione. Mélanges de Philosophie et de Mathématique de la Société Royale de Turin 3: 176–184. BHL Reference page. : 177, pl. 4
• Allioni, C. 1774. Auctarium ad synopsim methodicam stirpium Horti reg. Taurinensis. Mélanges de Philosophie et de Mathématique de la Société Royale de Turin 5: 53–96. Journal print (preprinted in 1773 with own pagination 1–44) Reference page. : 93
• Botschantzev, V.P. 1976. New genus Chenoleoides (Ulbr.) Botsch. (Chenopodiaceae). Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 61: 1408–1409. [In Russian.] Reference page. 
• Bunge, A.v. 1843. Delectus Seminum quae in horto botanico universitatis caesareae Dorpatensis collecta, pro mutua communicatione offeruntur. Reference page. : 8
• Moquin-Tandon, A. in: Soyer-Willemet, H.F. 1834. Notes sur les genres qui ont recu le nom de Willemetia. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 2 2: 127–128. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kadereit, G. & Freitag, H. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for biogeography, evolution of C₄-photosynthesis and taxonomy. Taxon 60(1): 51–78. DOI: 10.1002/tax.601006 PDF.Reference page. 
• Uotila, P. 2011. Bassia. In: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
• Zhu, G., Mosyakin, S.L. & Clemants, S.E. 2004.
• 'eFloras 2008. Bassia (Amaranthaceae) in Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Zhu, G., Mosyakin, S.L. & Clemants, S.E. 2004. Kochia in Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bassia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug. 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Bassia. 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 Nov. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Bassia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 27 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Bassia (Amaranthaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Nov. 2019.
• GBIF. Bassia

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Radmelde
English: Smotherweed
suomi: Suolukat, kesäsypressit
Nederlands: Zoutkruid
中文: 地肤属 = di fu shu, 雾冰藜属 = wu bing li

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