Akhania canescens

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: Akhania
Species: Akhania canescens

Name

Akhania canescens (Moq.) Sukhor., PhytoKeys 211: 55. (2022)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Noaea canescens Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 208 (1849)
• Homotypic
  • Caroxylon boissieri (Botsch.) Freitag, Vasc. Pl. Afghanistan 264. (2013)
  • Salsola boissieri Botsch., Bot. Journ., URSS 53: 1442. (1968) (replaces Salsola canescens (Moq.) Boiss.)
    • Type: (Iraq, Kurdistan, S of Amadiya): In cacumine M. Gara Kurdistan orientem versus frequens, Th. Kotschy 346. Lectotype: LE (cf. Botsch. 1968), Isotypes P (5x), G (2x), H, JE, K, W.
  • Salsola canescens (Moq.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 4(2): 963 (1879), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Salsola canescens Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 296. 1805.)
  • Caroxylon canescens (Moq.) Akhani & Roalson, Int. J. Pl. Sci. 168(6): 947. (2007)
  • Climacoptera canescens (Moq.) G.L.Chu, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod. 312. (2017)
• Heterotypic (ref. Freitag 1997)
  • Halimocnemis tomentosa Moq. var. glabrescens Moq., Chenopod. Monogr. 152 (1840)
  • Salsola titovii Botsch., Bot. Mat. Gerb. Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Uzbek. SSSR 3: 3 (1941)
  • Salsola podlechii Botsch., Nov. Syst. Pl. Vasc. 17: 129 (1980)
• For subsp. serpentinicola:
  • Salsola canescens subsp. serpentinicola Freitag & E.Özhatay, Willdenowia 27(1–2): 185. (1997)
    • Type: Turkey, Muğla, distr. Köyceğiz, Sandras Daği, Serçe Gediği, 1650 m, open Pinus nigra forest, serpentinic rock, 6.IX.1978, N. & E.Özhatay. Holotype: ISTE 51122, Isotype: ISTO 20668, KAS.
  • Salsola boissieri subsp. serpentinicola (Freitag & Özhatay) Freitag & Uotila, Willdenowia 41(1): 130. (2011)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Western Asia Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Lebanon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sukhorukov, A.P., Fedorova, A.V., Kushunina, M. & Mavrodiev, E.V. 2022.  Akhania, a new genus for Salsola daghestanica, Caroxylon canescens and C. carpathum (Salsoloideae, Chenopodiaceae, Amaranthaceae). PhytoKeys 211: 45–61. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.211.89408 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Freitag, H. 2013. in: Vascular Plants of Afghanistan DOI: 10.1111/boj.12187: 264.
• Botschantzev, V.P. 1968. Obzor vidov sekcii Belanthera Iljin roda Salsola L. (= A review of the species belonging to the section Belanthera Iljin of the genus Salsola). Botanicheskii Zhurnal (Moscow & Leningrad) 53: 1440–1450. Reference page. 
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Salsolaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 41–219. Masson, Paris. BHL Reference page. 
• Boissier, P.E. 1879. Flora Orientalis sive enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto and Indiae fines hucusque observatarum Volumen quartum. Corolliflorae et Monochlamydeae. Fasciculus secundus. Pp. 281–1276. Genevae et Basileae: H. Georg. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Freitag, H. & Özhatay, E. 1997. A new subspecies of Salsola canescens (Chenopodiaceae) from SW Anatolia, Turkey. Willdenowia 27: 185–190. DOI: 10.3372/wi.27.2717 Reference page. 
• Uotila, P. & Freitag, H. 2011. Salsola boissieri subsp. serpentinicola. In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E.v. (eds.): Euro+Med Notulae, 5 , Willdenowia, 41(1): 129–138. DOI: 10.3372/wi.41.41117. Reference page. 
• Zhu, G.L. & Sanderson, S.C. 2017. Genera and a New Evolutionary System of World Chenopodiaceae. 361 pp. Beijing: Science Press. Reference page. 
• Freitag, H. 1997. Salsola canescens. Pp. 230–231 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. 2023. Akhania canescens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov. 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Akhania canescens. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov. 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Caroxylon canescens. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Akhania canescens. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 27 2023.