Pyankovia affinis

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: Caroxyleae
Genus: Pyankovia
Species: Pyankovia affinis

Name

Pyankovia affinis (C.A.Mey. ex Schrenk) Mosyakin & Roalson, Phytotaxa 319(3): 267 (2017).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Salsola affinis C.A.Mey. ex Schrenk, Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 360 (1843).
    • Type: "Hab. in collibus aridis versus flumium Tschu; crescit quoque in desertis ad mare Caspium."
• Homotypic
  • Climacoptera affinis (C.A.Mey.) Botsch., Akad. Sukachevu, Sborn. Rabot 114 (1956).
• Heterotypic
  • Gamanthus barbellatus Bunge, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada, prepr. 6: 448 (1879).
  • Halimocnemis kirilowii Fenzl ex Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 3: 844 (1851).
  • Halimocnemis malacophylla Kar. & Kir., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 732 (1841), nom. illeg. hom. of Halimocnemis malacophylla (Bieb.) C.A.Mey. (1829)
  • Noaea malacophylla Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 207 (1849).
  • Petrosimonia korshinskyana Litv., Trudy Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 7: 79 (1910).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Eastern Europe E-European Russia Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan China Xinjiang Mongolia Mongolia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Mosyakin, S.L. & Roalson, E.H. 2017. New nomenclatural combinations in Pyankovia (Chenopodiaceae). Phytotaxa 319(3): 263–270. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.319.3.5 Reference page. 
• Meyer, C.A.v 1843. in Schrenk, A.G.v.: Chenopodiaceae staticesque novae vel nondum descriptae, quas in itinere ad fluvium Tschu versus legit Alexander Schrenk. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 360–362. BHL Reference page. 
• Botschantzev, V.P. 1956. Dva novykh roda iz semeistva marevykh. Akademiku V.N. Sukachevu k 75-leti so dnja rozdenija. Sbornik rabot po geobotanike, lesovedeniju, paleogeografii i floristike: 108–118. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Zhu, G., Mosyakin, S.L. & Clemants, S.E. 2004. Salsola affinis in Flora of China 5: 408.

Links

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