Caroxylon villosum

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 villosum

Name

Caroxylon villosum (Schult.) Akhani & Roalson, Int. J. Pl. Sci. 168: 948 (2007).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Salsola villosa Schult., in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis], 6: 232 (1820).
• Homotypic
  • Salsola vermiculata var. villosa (Schult.) Moq., Chenopod. Monogr.: 141 (1840).
  • Salsola vermiculata subsp. villosa (Schult.) Eig, Palest. Journ. Bot. Jeruselem Ser. 3: 132 (1945).
• Heterotypic
  • Salsola chaudharyi Botsch., Bot. Zhurn. 65: 687 (1984).
  • Salsola damascena Botsch., Bot. Zhurn. 60: 500 (1975).
    • Type: Syrie. Talus pierreux du jardin Boustan el Nashé à Mezzéé pres de Damas. 1856. C. Gaillardot. Holotype: LE, Isotypes: JE00021085, G00439710.
  • Nitrosalsola damascena (Botsch.) Theodorova, Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 72(5): 443 (2015).
  • Salsola delileana Botsch., Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 1964, 371 (1964).
    • Type: Égypte, fl. A.R. Delile. Holotype: LE.
  • Nitrosalsola delileana (Botsch.) Theodorova, Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 72(5): 443 (2015).
  • Salsola libyca Botsch., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 60(4): 501 (1975).
    • Type: Libya. Tripolitania. Nofilia – near road. Alt. 100 Ft. Coastal dunes, sandy. 1957-11-15. B.C. Park #54. Holotype ?. Isotypes: K000243924, K000243925, LE LE00011882.
  • Nitrosalsola libica (Botsch.) Theodorova, Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 72(5): 443 (2015).
  • Salsola mandavillei Botsch., Bot. Zhurn. 60: 502 (1975).
    • Type: Saudi Arabia. Estern Province. Al-Batin, tributary ravine, 28-01N, 45-29E, rocky bank. 1971-04-17. J.P. Mandaville, Jr. 3119. Holotype: LE00011885, Isotype: BM000950603.
  • Nitrosalsola mandavillei (Botsch.) Theodorova, Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 72(5): 443 (2015).
  • Salsola palaestinica Botsch., Bot. Zhurn. 60: 503 (1975).
    • Type. Palestine. Jebel Quarantania in Jericho, dry hillside with Fagonia mollis. 04.12.1942, P.H. Davis 5022. Holotype: LE, Isotype: K000899562
  • Nitrosalsola palaestinica (Botsch.) Theodorova, Ukrayins'k. Bot. Zhurn. 72(5): 444 (2015).
  • Salsola villosa Delile ex D.Dietr., Syn. Plant. 2: 997 (1840). nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northern Africa Egypt, Libya, (Tunisia?) Asia-Temperate Western Asia Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India 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. 
• Botschantzev, V.P. 1964. Dopolnenija k flore OAR (Egipet). Additamenta ad floram Aegypti. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii (1964): 349–378. Reference page. 
• Botschantzev, V.P. 1975. Novye vidy Salsola L. (New species of Salsola L.). Botanicheskii Zhurnal (Moscow & Leningrad) 60(4): 498–505. Reference page. 
• Eig, A. † 1945. A revision of the Chenopodiaceae of Palaestine and neighbouring countries. Palestine Journal of Botany, Jerusalem Series 3(3): 119–137. Reference page. 
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1840. Chenopodearum Monographica Enumeratio. P.-J. Loss, Paris. BHL Reference page. 
• Schultes, J.A. 1820. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 6. LXX + 852 pp., corr. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Caroxylon villosum 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 villosum. Published online. Accessed: 28. May 2025. Reference page.