Caroxylon acanthocladum

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: Caroxyleae
Genus: Caroxylon
Species: Caroxylon acanthocladum

Name

Caroxylon acanthocladum (Botsch.) Akhani, Medit. Bot. 45(2)-e94654: 6 (2024).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Salsola acanthoclada Botsch., Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 5: 233. (1968)
    • Type: Алжир. Район города Ghardaia. Окр. сел. Guerrara, супеси на красной глине [= Algeria: district of the city Ghardaia, environment of Guerrara, sandy loam on red clay]. 1965-02-15, V.P. Botschantzev #260. Holotype: LE LE00011757; Isotype: LE00011758.
• Homotypic
  • Nitrosalsola acanthoclada (Botsch.) Theodorova, Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 72(5): 443. (2015)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia 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. 
• 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. 
• Botschantzev, V.P. 1968. in Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 5: 233.

Additional references

• Uotila, P. 2011+. Caroxylon acanthocladum. In: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Caroxylon acanthocladum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Caroxylon acanthocladum. Published online. Accessed: 22. May 2025. Reference page.