Caroxylon aegaeum

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: Salsoloideae
Tribus: Caroxyleae
Genus: Caroxylon
Species: Caroxylon aegaeum

Name

Caroxylon aegaeum (Rech.f.) Akhani & Roalson, Int. J. Pl. Sci. 168(6): 947 (2007).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Salsola aegaea Rech.f., in Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. cv. II. Abt. 1, 67 (1943).
    • Type: Greece. In insula Melo prope Castron, 1856-08-24. Th. G. Orphanides 805. Holotype (according to Fl. Hellenica): WU-Hal WU-Hal 0077798; Isotypes: LD LD-1098227, LE LE00011762, W W-18890097670.
• Homotypic
  • Nitrosalsola aegaea (Rech.f.) Theodorova, Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 72(5): 443 (2015).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southeastern Europe Greece (incl. Kiklades), Kriti. Asia-Temperate Western Asia East Aegean Islands (incl. Rhodos). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary 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. 
• Rechinger, K.H. 1943. Neue Beiträge zur Flora von Kreta (Ergebnisse einer biologischen Forschungsreise nach dem Peloponnes und nach Kreta 1942, im Auftrage des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht und des Reichsforschungsrates, Nummer 6). Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 105(2, 1): 1–184. Reference page. 
• Theodorova (Feodorova), T.A. 2015. New nomenclatural combinations in Nitrosalsola (Chenopodiaceae). Ukrayins'kyi Botanicnyi Zhurnal 72(5): 442–445. DOI: 10.15407/ukrbotj72.05.442 PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kit Tan 1997. Salsola. Pp. 135–136 in Strid, A. & Tan, K. (eds.), Flora Hellenica. Volume One (Gymnospermae to Caryophyllaceae). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 547 pp. ISBN 3-87429-391-2. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Caroxylon aegaeum. Published online. Accessed: May 27 2025. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Caroxylon aegaeum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 27. Reference page.