Halothamnus lancifolius
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Halothamnus |
| Species: | H. lancifolius
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| Halothamnus lancifolius | |
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Halothamnus lancifolius is a species of the plant genus Southwest Asia.[2]
Morphology
Halothamnus lancifolius is a
tepals, the stigmas are rounded at their tip. The winged fruit is 9–14 mm in diameter, their wings inserting below the middle, the tepal lobes forming a steep cone. The tube of the fruit is cylindric, its bottom with deep furrow-like, linear or curved pits.[2]
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fruit (lateral view) -
fruit (bottom
Distribution
The distribution of Halothamnus lancifolius covers Syria, Israel and Palestine, Jordan, western Iraq, Egypt (Sinai) and northwestern Saudi Arabia. It grows on stony ground, often on salty soils, from 400 m below sea level up to 1500 m above sea-level.[2]
Taxonomy
The species has been first described in 1853 by Pierre Edmond Boissier as Caroxylon lancifolium (In: Diagnoses plantarum orientalium novarum, ser. 1,12, Neocomi, 1853, p. 98). Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich classified it at species rank into the genus Halothamnus in 1993. Within the genus, it belongs to section Halothamnus.[2]
- Synonyms[2]
- Caroxylon lancifolium Boiss.
- Salsola lancifolia (Boiss.) Boiss.
- Aellenia lancifolia (Boiss.) Ulbr.
- Aellenia glauca (Bieb.) Aellen subsp. lancifolia (Boiss.) Aellen
- Aellenia lancifolia (Boiss.) Aellen, nom.inval.
- Vernacular names
Hebrew:[3] אֵלֶנְיָה אִזְמֵלָנִית
References
- ^ "Halothamnus lancifolius (Boiss.) Kothe-Heinr". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-510-48014-2, p. 88-93
- ^ Halothamnus lancifolius in Flora of Israel online
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