Haloxylon scoparium

Taxonavigation

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

Haloxylon scoparium Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 335 (1875).

Type: Algérie. Sols argilo-gypseux: Oued-Krelouk (Relizane). Syntypes: MPU MPU005807, MPU005808 MPU005809

Homotypic
- Haloxylon articulatum subsp. scoparium (Pomel) Batt., Fl. Algérie Dicot.: 765 (1890).
- Haloxylon articulatum var. scoparium (Pomel) Hochr., Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 7-8: 133 (1904).
- Arthrophytum scoparium (Pomel) Iljin, Mater. Istorii Fl. Rastitel'n S.S.S.R. 2: 222 (1946).
- Hammada scoparia (Pomel) Iljin, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 33: 583 (1948).
- Arthrophytum scoparium (Pomel) Iljin ex Maire & Weiller, Fl. Afr. Nord 8: 161 (1962).
- Hammada articulata subsp. scoparia (Pomel) O.Bolòs & Vigo, Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat., Secc. Bot. 38(1): 89 (1974).

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara. West Tropical Africa Mauritania. Asia-Temperate Western Asia Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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Pomel, A.N. 1875. Nouveaux Matériaux pour la Flore Atlantique. 2: 257(bis)–399. Paris: Savy / Alger: Juillet St-Lager. Biblioteca Digital. Reference page.

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