Caroxylon micrantherum

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 micrantherum

Name

Caroxylon micrantherum (Botsch.) Sukhor., Karpologiya Chenopodiaceae 348 (2014).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Salsola micranthera Botsch., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Uzbeksk. S.S.R. 13: 5 (1952).
    • Type: (Uzbekistan, Ferghana region, Shahirmadan): Ферганская долина, солончак в 1 версте на север от ст. Ванновской (= Ferghana valley, solonchak less than a mile north of the station Vannovskoy). 1.X.1931, Закржевский (Zakrzewski) 44000. Holotype: TASH.
• Homotypic
  • Nitrosalsola micranthera (Botsch.) Theodorova, Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 72(5): 444 (2015).

Considered as a synonym of Salsola nitraria by Freitag 1997.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan China Xinjiang References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sukhorukov, A.P. 2014. Karpologiya semeistva Chenopodiaceae v svyasi s problemami filogenii, sistematiki i diagnostiki ego predstavitelejj. (The carpology of the Chenopodiaceae with reference to the phylogeny, systematics and diagnostics of its representatives). Grif. & Co., Tula. 400 pp. [1] PDF Reference page. 
• Botschantzev, V.P. 1952. New plants from Middle Asia. Botaniceskie Materialy Gerbarija Instituta Botaniki Akademii Nauk Uzbekskoi SSR (Not. Syst. Herb. Inst. Bot. Acad. Sci. Uzbekistan) 13: 3–18. 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

• Zhu, G., Mosyakin, S.L. & Clemants, S.E. 2004. Salsola micranthera in Flora of China 5: 404.
• Freitag, H. 1997. Salsola nitraria. Pp. 196–199 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. 2025. Caroxylon micrantherum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Caroxylon micrantherum. Published online. Accessed: 30. May 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• 中文: 小药猪毛菜, xiao yao zhu mao cai