Haloxylon multiflorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Salsoloideae
Tribus: Salsoleae
Genus: Haloxylon
Species: Haloxylon multiflorum

Name

Haloxylon multiflorum (Moq.) Bunge ex Boiss., Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 4(2): 949 (1879).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Anabasis multiflora Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 212 (1849).
    • Type: "In Affghanistano". W. Griffith 1098. Lectotype (selected by Hedge 1997): K.
• Homotypic
  • Hammada multiflora (Moq.) Iljin, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 33: 583 (1948).
• Heterotypic
  • Anabasis bamianica Aellen, in Arbok Univ. Berg., Mat.-Nat. 1963, No. 18, 48 (1964).
    • Type: Afghanistan: Bamian, Ajar valley, west of Doab, rocky slopes. 12 June 1962, I.C. Hedge & P.W. Wendelbo W4113. Holotype: ?, Isotype: E00296917.
  • Arthrophytum pallidiflorum Aellen ex Podlech, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 12: 56 (1975).
    • Type: Afghanistan, Prov. Bamian: Bamian, 2400 m., sterile Hänge bei den Buddha-Statuen. 02.09.1965, D.Podlech 12599. Holotype: M, Isotypes: E00296918, G, LE, W, G-PAE, Herb. Podlech.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Western Asia Afghanistan (Bamyan, Parwan) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Aellen, P. 1964. Chenopodiaceae. In: Hedge, I. & Wendelbo, P.: Studies in the Flora of Afghanistan 1. Aarbok for Universitetet i Bergen. Matematisk-Naturvitenskapelig Serie 1963, 18: 45–49. Reference page. 
• Boissier, P.E. 1879. Flora Orientalis sive enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto and Indiae fines hucusque observatarum Volumen quartum. Corolliflorae et Monochlamydeae. Fasciculus secundus. Pp. 281–1276. Genevae et Basileae: H. Georg. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Iljin, M.M. 1948. Novi rod Hammada Iljin. Botanicheskii Zhurnal (Moscow & Leningrad) 33: 582–583. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Podlech, D. 1975. Zur Kenntnis der Chenopodiaceen-Flora Afghanistans (Beiträge zur Flora von Afghanistan 7). Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 12: 51–90. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Akhani, H., Edwards, G. & Roalson, E.H. 2007. Diversification of the Old World Salsoleae s.l. (Chenopodiaceae): Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Nuclear and Chloroplast Data Sets and a Revised Classification. International Journal of Plant Sciences 168(6): 931–956. DOI: 10.1086/518263 ResearchGate Reference page. : 946.
• Hedge, I.C. 1997. Haloxylon multiflorum. Pp. 322 in Hedge, I.C., Akhani, H., Freitag, H., Kothe-Heinrich, G., Podlech, D., Rilke, S. & Uotila, P. , Chenopodiaceae. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.): Flora Iranica Vol. 172. 371 pp., 212 tab., Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Haloxylon multiflorum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 July 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Haloxylon multiflorum. Published online. Accessed: 6. July 2026. Reference page.