Caroxylon ericoides

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: Caroxyleae
Genus: Caroxylon
Species: Caroxylon ericoides

Name

Caroxylon ericoides (M.Bieb.) Akhani & Roalson, Int. J. Pl. Sci. 168(6): 947 (2007).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Salsola ericoides M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 187 (1808). (IPNI: Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. ed. 2, 1: 141 (1811).)
    • Type: "In salsis deserti Cumani, et in campis aridis ad Cyram fluvium, versus mare Caspicum". Syntypes: LE, Isotypes B-WILLD., BM.
• Homotypic
  • Nitrosalsola ericoides (M.Bieb.) Theodorova, Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 72(5): 443 (2015).
• Heterotypic (ref. Freitag 1997, Govaerts 2025)
  • Salsola caesia Fisch. & C.A.Mey., in Hohen., Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 11: 357 (1838).
    • Type locality: Caucasia. Syntypes: Georgia: Prope Sallian. 1838-08-, R.F. Hohenacker #s.n. BM000645602. Prov.[Schirwan?] et Karabach. R.F. Hohenacker #s.n. BM000645603.
  • Salsola ericifolia Adams, in Hoffm. Hort. Mosq. n. 2764, p. 32 (1808). nomen nudum (as 'S. ericaefolia')
  • Salsola ericoides subsp. sulphurea Iljin
  • Salsola glauca sensu C.A.Mey., Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer. (C.A. von Meyer). 160 (1831). (cites Salsola glauca M.Bieb.)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Caucasus Northern Caucasus, Azerbaijan, Armenia Western Asia Iran (NW-Iran), NE-Turkey References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary 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. 
• Bieberstein, F.A.M.v. 1806. Sur les genres Salsola, Anabasis et Polycnemum. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 1: 132–154. BHL Reference page. 
• Bieberstein, F.A.M.v. 1808. Flora Taurico-Caucasica, exhibens stirpes phaenogamas :in Chersoneso Taurica et regionibus caucasicis sponte crescentes. Tomus 1. 429 pp. Charkouiae [Kharkov], Typis Academicis. BHL Reference page. 
• Hoffmann, G.F. 1808. Hortus Mosquensis. Enumeratio plantarum et seminum Horti Botanici Mosquensis. GoogleBooks Reference page. 
• Hohenacker, R.F. 1838. Enumeratio Plantarum quas in itinere per provinciam Talysch collegit R. Fr. Hohenacker: (online). / Id. in: Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou 11: 231–330, 337–414. BHL Reference page. 
• Meyer, C.A.v. 1831. Verzeichniss der Pflanzen, welche während der, auf allerhöchsten Befehl, in den Jahren 1829 und 1830 unternommenen Reise im Caucasus und in den Provinzen am westlichen Ufer des Caspischen Meeres gefunden und eingesammelt worden sind. St. Petersburg, Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften. Gallica, MDZ 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

• Freitag, H. 1997. Salsola ericoides. Pp. 210–211 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 ericoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Caroxylon ericoides. Published online. Accessed: 28. May 2025. Reference page.