Hammada ramosissima

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Salsoloideae
Tribus: Salsoleae
Genus: Hammada
Species: Hammada ramosissima

Name

Hammada ramosissima (Boiss. ex Eig) Iljin, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 33: 583. (1948), nomen.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Haloxylon articulatum subsp. ramosissimum Boiss. ex Eig, Palestine J. Bot., Jerusalem Ser. 3: 128. (1945)
    • Type: "Anabasis ramosissima Boiss. sp. nov. (No. 1622)". [(Syria) lieux incultes derrière la nouvel hopital de Damas, porte de Salhieh. 26 Jul 1856, C. Gaillardot, Reliquiae Mailleanae No. 1622.] Holotype: JE, Isotype: NMNHbotany_2789119.
• Homotypic
  • Anabasis ramosissima Boiss., in schedis, nom. nud.
  • Anabasis ramosissima Dingler ex Oppenh., Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève Ser. II, 22: 291. (1931), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Anabasis ramosissima Minkw. 1914)
  • Haloxylon ramosissimum (Boiss..) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3(1): 70 (1880), nom. inval. (comb. nud.)
  • Hammada syriaca Botsch., Novosti Sist. Vysš. Rast. 1: 364. (1964), nom. illeg. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Hammada eigii Iljin, Novosti Sist. Vysš. Rast. 1: 72. (1964)
  • Haloxylon eigii (Iljin) Danin & D.Heller, Fl. Medit. 10: 152. (2000), nom. inval. (without basionym ref.)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Western Asia Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, C-Syrian Desert), Palestine (S-Jordan, W-Jordan), Türkiye (E-Anatolia) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1880. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 3, pars 1, sistens Dicotyledonum Monochlamydearum ordines XXXVI (Nyctagnieas – Ceratophylleas) et Gymnospermearum ordines III (Gnetaceas – Cycadaceas). A. Black, 459 pp. Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. 
• Eig, A. † 1945. A revision of the Chenopodiaceae of Palaestine and neighbouring countries. Palestine Journal of Botany, Jerusalem Series 3(3): 119–137. Reference page. 
• Danin, A. 2000. The Nomenclature News of Flora Palaestina. Flora Mediterranea 10: 109–172. PDF Reference page. 
• Iljin, M.M. 1948. Novi rod Hammada Iljin. Botanicheskii Zhurnal (Moscow & Leningrad) 33: 582–583. Reference page. 
• Iljin, M.M. 1964. in Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 1. 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.
• Uotila, P. 2011+. Hammada ramosissima. In: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). – Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

Links

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