Anabasis (plant)
| Anabasis | |
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| Anabasis articulata, fruiting | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Salsoloideae |
| Tribe: | Salsoleae
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| Genus: | Anabasis L. |
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29 species, see text | |
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Anabasis is a genus of plants in the subfamily Salsoloideae of the family Amaranthaceae. It is distributed in southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia.
Description
The species of genus Anabasis are
The
In fruit, prominent membranous wings develop on the back of the perianth segments, usually 2-3 of them larger than the others. Rarely, the perianth remains unwinged. The fruit may be baccate or dry, either vertical and compressed or nearly spherically shaped. The lenticular seed is vertically orientated, filled by the spiral embryo without endosperm.[1]
Distribution
The genus Anabasis is distributed from
Systematics
The genus name Anabasis was published in 1753 by
L.The genus Anabasis belongs to the
- Anabasis aphylla L.
- Anabasis aretioides Moq. & Coss. (Syn. Fredolia aretioides (Moq. & Coss. ex Bunge) Ulbr.)
- Anabasis articulata (Forssk.) Moq.
- Anabasis brevifolia C. A. Mey.
- Anabasis brachiata Fisch. & C. A. Mey.
- Anabasis calcarea (Charif & Aellen) Bokhari & Wendelbo
- Anabasis cretacea Pall.
- Anabasis ebracteolata Korov. ex Botsch.
- Anabasis ehrenbergii Schweinf. ex Boiss.
- Anabasis elatior (C. A. Mey.) Schrenk
- Anabasis eriopoda (Schrenk) Benth. ex Volkens
- Anabasis eugeniae Iljin
- Anabasis ferganica Drob.
- Anabasis gypsicola Iljin
- Anabasis haussknechtii Bunge ex Boiss.
- Anabasis iranica Iljin
- Anabasis jaxartica (Bunge) Benth. ex Volkens
- Anabasis lachnantha Aellen & Rech. f.
- Anabasis macroptera Moq.
- Anabasis oropediorum Maire
- Anabasis paucifolia M. Pop. ex Iljin
- Anabasis pelliotii Danguy
- Anabasis prostrata Pomel.
- Anabasis salsa (C. A. Mey.) Benth. ex Volkens
- Anabasis syriaca Iljin
- Anabasis tianschanica Botsch.
- Anabasis truncata (Schrenk) Bunge
- Anabasis turgaica Iljin & Krasch.
- Anabasis turkestanica Iljin & Korov.
Chemistry
The Nicotine-related alkaloid Anabasine was named for the toxic Central Asiatic species Anabasis aphylla - from which it was first isolated by Orechoff and Menschikoff in the year 1931. It was widely used as an insecticide in the former Soviet Union until 1970.[4] Anabasine is also the active principle responsible for deaths from poisoning caused by the leaves of Nicotiana glauca, the Tree Tobacco.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d I.C.Hedge (1997): Anabasis. - In: Karl Heinz Rechinger et al. (Hrsg.): Flora Iranica, Vol. 172 - Chenopodiaceae. Graz, Akad. Druck, p. 305-306.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1753): Species Plantarum, p.223, scanned at BHL
- ^ Hossein Akhani, Gerald Edwards & Eric H. Roalson: Diversification Of The Old World Salsoleae S.L. (Chenopodiaceae): Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis Of Nuclear And Chloroplast Data Sets And A Revised Classification, in: International Journal of Plant Sciences, 168 (6), 2007, p. 931–956
- ^ Ujváry, István, Pest Control Agents from Natural Products - Chapter 3 of Hayes' Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology ( Third Edition ), ed. Robert Krieger, pub. Academic Press 2010.
- PMID 10855991.
External links
- Photos of Anabasis at Flowers in Israel
- "Anabasis". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- "genus Anabasis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database.
- Anabasis at Tropicos
- ^ Alexander P. Sukhorukov: "Fruit anatomy of the genus Anabasis (Salsoloideae, Chenopodiaceae)", in: "Australian Systematic Botany", 21 (6), 2008, p. 431-442