Bassia indica

Bassia indica, from the original description as Kochia indica 1791

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: Bassia indica

Name

Bassia indica (Wight) A.J.Scott, Feddes Repert. 89(2-3): 108. (1978)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Kochia indica Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] v. t. 1791. (1852)
    • Type: (S India, Madras): Coimbatore, in salt soils". Wight 2479. Holotype: K.
• Homotypic
  • Kochia scoparia subsp. indica (Wight) Aellen, Mitt. Basler Bot. Ges. 2: 15 (1954)
• Heterotypic (ref. Kadereit & Freitag 2011)
  • Bassia joppensis Bornm. & Dinsm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 274 (1921).
    • Type: Palaestina, in incultis ad Jaffa (4.X. et 20.X.1919, F. Meyers & Dinsmore 3865. Syntype: JE00019241.
• (ref. Freitag et al. 2001:)
  • Kochia griffithii Bunge ex Boiss., Fl. Or. 4: 924 (1879)
    • Type: Hab. in regno Cabulico. Griffith 1775.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northern Africa Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt Northeast Tropical Africa Sudan Asia-Temperate Western Asia Afghanistan, Israel, Sinai Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India, Pakistan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Scott, A.J. 1978. A revision of the Camphorosmoideae (Chenopodiaceae). Feddes Repertorium 89(2–3): 101–119. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19780890202 Reference page. : 108.
• Wight, R. 1851–1852. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis: or figures of Indian plants. Vol. V. [5(1) 1851: pl. 1622–1762; 5(2) 1852: pl. 1763–1920.] BHL Reference page: : 5, t.1791.
• Bornmüller, J.F.N. 1921. Zwei neue Arten aus Süd-Palästina. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 17(13–18): 273–276. BHL Reference page. : 274
• 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. : 924.

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. : 73.
• 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. : Kochia indica.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Bassia indica. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Bassia indica. Published online. Accessed: June 07 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Bassia indica in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 07.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Bassia indica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 June 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bassia indica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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