Salsola australis

Salsola australis

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: Salsoleae
Genus: Salsola
Species: Salsola australis

Name

Salsola australis R. Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 411 (1810)

• Type: "(J. M.) v.v." Lectotype: BM BM001015878; Isolectotype: K K000899587.

sensu lato: in Australia and adjacent regions probably 4–5 or more native species: Salsola australis R.Br., Salsola macrophylla R.Br., Salsola brachypteris Moq., Salsola sabrinae Mosyakin, and Salsola strobilifera (Benth.) Mosyakin The presence of introduced Eurasian species cannot be excluded as well. (Mosyakin, 2018, 2019)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Kali australe (R. Br.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson (2007) (as "australis", basionym erroneously cited as "Salsola kali R.Br.")
  • Salsola tragus var. australis (R.Br.) Bég. in Atti Accad. Sci. Veneto-Trentino-Istriana 3(4): 126 (1913)
• Heterotypic (ref. Chinnock 2010, Australian Plant Census 2011)
  • Salsola brachypteris Moq., Chenop. Monogr. Enum 147 (1840).
    • Type: In insula Java. (v.s. ex itin. Belang.) Lectotype (designated by Mosyakin, Ukrain. Bot. Zhurn. 74(6): 523. 2017); P00799151
  • Salsola kali var. brachypteris (Moq.) Benth., Fl. Austral. 5: 208 (1870).
  • Salsola kali var. leptophylla Benth., Fl. Austral. 5: 207 (1870).
    • Type: "Queensland and N.S. Wales."
  • Salsola kali subsp. austroafricana Aellen, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 27 (1961).
    • Type: Kinges 2297. Holoype: M.

• Misapplied names
  • "Salsola kali", sensu auct. Austral. non L.
  • "Salsola tragus", sensu auct. Austral. non L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, ACT (naturalized), Tas (naturalized). naturalized in southwestern North America and southern Africa References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Aellen, P. 1961. Neue Chenopodiaceen aus Südwestafrika. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 4: 21–31. BHL. PDF 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. 
• Bentham, G. & Mueller, F.J.H. v. 1870. Flora Australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. Volume 5. Myoporineae to Proteaceae. 599 pp., London, L. Reeve & co. BHLReference page. 
• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. 
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1840. Chenopodearum Monographica Enumeratio. P.-J. Loss, Paris. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Chinnock, R.J. 2010. Some observations on Salsola L. (Chenopodiaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 24: 75–79. PDF Reference page. 
• Mosyakin, S.L., Freitag, H. & Rilke, S. 2017. Kali versus Salsola: the instructive story of a questionable nomenclatural resurrection. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 64: 18–30. DOI: 10.1080/07929978.2016.1256135 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Mosyakin, S.L. 2018. Notes on Australian species of Salsola (Chenopodiaceae) and validation of Salsola sabrinae, nom. et stat. nov. Ukrayins'kyi Botanicnyi Zhurnal 75(1): 3–19. DOI: 10.15407/ukrbotj75.01.003 Reference page. 

Links

• Salsola australis in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2019. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 11.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Salsola australis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Salsola australis. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Salsola australis. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 18 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Salsola australis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Apr. 2019.

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