Soda cycloptera

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: Salsoleae
Genus: Soda
Species: Soda cycloptera

Name

Soda cycloptera (Stapf) Akhani, Medit. Bot. 45(2)-e94654: 7 (2024).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Salsola cycloptera Stapf, in H.O. Forbes, Nat. Hist. Sokotra 526. (1903).
    • Type: Yemen: [Island] Abd-al-Kuri, coastal plain at Bender Saleh. 1898, Forbes s.n. - Lectotype (chosen by Botschantzev 1967): K. Isotypes: E E00239309, K000244000.
• Homotypic
  • Gyroptera cycloptera (Stapf) Botsch., Bot. Journ., URSS 52: 809. (1967).
  • Lagenantha cycloptera (Stapf) M.G.Gilbert & Friis, Nordic J. Bot. 11(3): 315. (1991).
• Heterotypic
  • Salsola semhahensis Vierh., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 53: 434. (1903).
    • Type: Yemen: Samhah (Semhah) (Island near Sokotra), near the harbour. Paulay s.n. Holotype: W.
  • Choriptera semhahensis (Vierh.) Botsch., Bot. Journ., URSS 52: 806. (1967).
  • Lagenantha nogalensis Chiov., Fl. Somala 1: 293. (1929).
    • Type: Somalia, Nugaal region [as "Nogal"], Bucdére. 1924-06-25, Puccioni & Stefanini 916. Lectotype (chosen by Botschantzev 1967): FT000982.
  • Lagenantha nogalensis var. papillosa Chiov., Fl. Somala 1: 294. (1929).
    • Type: Somalia, Nugaal region [as "Nogal"], between Tur Cahio and Handurgàb, 1924-06-27, Puccioni & Stefanini 231. Holotype: FT000984.
  • Gyroptera somalensis Botsch., Bot. Journ., URSS 52: 808. (1967).
    • Type: Somalia, Nugaal region [as "Nogal"], between Bucdére and Hamur. 1924-06-25, Puccioni & Stefanini 918. Holotype: FT000983.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northeast Tropical Africa Socotra (Abd-el-Kuri Isl., Samha Isl.), Somalia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Akhani, H., Abdullahi, H. & Rudov, A. 2024. Afrosalsola (Amaranthaceae-Chenopodiaceae), an intermediate C3-C4 lineage from NW Africa and the Canary Islands, and some new combinations in African species of Caroxylon and Soda. Mediterranean Botany 45(2), e94654. DOI: 10.5209/mbot.94654 Reference page. 
• Boulos, L., Friis, I., & Gilbert, M.G. 1991. Notes on the Chenopodiaceae of Ethiopia, Somalia and Southern Arabia. Nordic Journal of Botany 11(3): 309–316. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1991.tb01409.x. PDF Reference page. 
• Botschantzev, V.P. 1967. Sevadinae Botsch., a new subtribe of the fam. Chenopodiaceae. Botanicheskii Zhurnal (Moscow & Leningrad) 52: 800–810. [Russian] Reference page. 
• Chiovenda, E. 1929. Flora Somala. Vol. 1. 436 pp., 50 pl. Roma: Sindicato italiano arti grafiche (a cura del Ministero delle colonie). Google Books. Reference page. 
• Forbes, H.O. (ed.) 1903. The natural history of Sokotra and Abdel-Kuri: being the report upon the results of the Conjoint Expedition to these Islands in 1898-9, by Mr. W.R. Ogilvie-Grant, of the British Museum, and Dr. H.O. Forbes of the Liverpool Museums, together with information from other available sources forming a monograph of the islands. Special Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums. 598 pp., The Free Public Museums, Henry Young and Sons, Liverpool. BHL Reference page. 
• Vierhapper, F. 1903. Neue Pflanzen aus Sokótra, Abdal Kuri und Semhah. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 53: (I) 433–436, (II) 481–482. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Soda cycloptera 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. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Soda cycloptera. Published online. Accessed: 27. May 2025. Reference page.