Haloxylon griffithii

Haloxylon griffithii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Salsoloideae
Tribus: Salsoleae
Genus: Haloxylon
Species: Haloxylon griffithii
Subspecies: H. g. subsp. griffithii – H. g. subsp. wakhanicum

Name

Haloxylon griffithii (Moq.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 4(2): 950 (1879).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Caroxylon griffithii Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 175 (1849).
    • Type: Aghanistan (Bamian, "Kulloo pass", "Topchee"), W. Griffith Journ. 1103. Lectotype (selected by I.C.Hedge 1997: 324.): K K000899514,
• Homotypic
  • Arthrophytum griffithii (Moq.) Ulbr., Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2 [Engler & Prantl] 16c: 570. (1934)
  • Hammada griffithii (Moq.) Iljin, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 33: 583. (1948)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan Western Asia Afghanistan Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Pakistan (Baluchistan), West Himalaya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• Iljin, M.M. 1948. Novi rod Hammada Iljin. Botanicheskii Zhurnal (Moscow & Leningrad) 33: 582–583. Reference page. 
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Salsolaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 41–219. Masson, Paris. BHL Reference page. :
• Ulbrich, O.E. 1934. Chenopodiaceae, in: Engler, A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (eds.): Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed.2. 16c, Engelmann, Leipzig: 379–584. 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. : 946.
• Hedge, I.C. 1997. Haloxylon griffithii. Pp. 323–325 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. 
• 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.

Links

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

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