Haloxylon griffithii subsp. wakhanicum

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 griffithii
Subspecies: Haloxylon griffithii subsp. wakhanicum

Name

Haloxylon griffithii subsp. wakhanicum (Paulsen) Hedge, Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 172: 325. (1997).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Anabasis wakhanica Paulsen, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1903: 201 (1903).
    • Type: (Pamir Vakhanskiy), prov. Wakhan, in dry mountains by Langarkisht, 3000 m. 10.IX.1898, O. Paulsen 1354. Holotype (Syntypes): C C10009327, C10009328.
• Homotypic
  • Arthrophytum wakhanicum (Paulsen) Korovin ex Iljin, Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 19: 171. (1934).
  • Haloxylon wakhanicum (Paulsen) Korovin, Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 29: 23. (1935).
  • Hammada wakhanica (Paulsen) Iljin, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 33: 583. (1948).
• Heterotypic
  • Arthrophytum lindbergii Aellen, in Arbok Univ. Berg., Mat.-Nat. 1963, No. 18, 47.(1964).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Tadzhikistan Western Asia Afghanistan (Badakshan, Wakhan, Baghlan, Bamyan, Ghazni, Kabul, Logar, Wardak, Paktia / Khost, Parwan, Takhar) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Pakistan, West Himalaya 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. 
• Hedge, I.C. 1997. Haloxylon griffithii subsp. wakhanicum. Pp. 325 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. 
• Iljin, M.M. (Ильин, М.М.) 1934. Еще о саксауле [Noch einiges über Saxaul]. Botanicheskii Zhurnal SSSR 19(2): 170–172. (Russian) Vol. 19(2) Reference page. 
• Iljin, M.M. 1948. Novi rod Hammada Iljin. Botanicheskii Zhurnal (Moscow & Leningrad) 33: 582–583. Reference page. 
• Korovin, E.P. & Mironov, B.A. 1935. Обзор рода Arthrophytum Schrenk и его положение в системе [Review of the genus Arthrophytum Schrenk and the position of that genus in the system]. Trudy Sredneaziatskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriya 8b, Botanika 29: 3–23. (Russian) Google Books Reference page. 
• Paulsen, O.W. 1903. Plants collected in Asia-Media and Persia. Lieutenant Olufsen's second Pamir Ekspedition. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 6(5): 133–206. 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. 
• Freitag, H., Hedge, I.C, Jafri, S.M.H, Kothe-Heinrich, G., Omer, S. & Uotila, P. 2001. Chenopodiaceae. In: Ali, S.I. (ed.): Flora of Pakistan 204. 217 pp., Department of Botany/Missouri Botanical Press, Karachi/St. Louis, ISBN 1-930723-10-5 eFloras. Reference page. : Haloxylon griffithii subsp. wakhanicum.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Haloxylon griffithii subsp. wakhanicum 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 griffithii subsp. wakhanicum. Published online. Accessed: 6. July 2026. Reference page.