Afrosalsola divaricata subsp. divaricata

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: Afrosalsola
Species: Afrosalsola divaricata
Subspecies: Afrosalsola divaricata subsp. divaricata

Afrosalsola divaricata (Masson ex Link) Akhani subsp. divaricata, autonym

Homotypic
- Salsola divaricata Masson ex Link, Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins. [Buch] 141. (1825)
Heterotypic
- Salsola marujae Castrov. & Luceño, Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 50(2): 260. (1992).
  - Type: Islas Canarias, Tenerife, San Juan de Guía, 28RCS2119, cuneta nitrificada, S. Castroviejo 10437SC & P Romero Manrique. Holotype: MA MA513210a; Isotypes: MA MA513210-2, G G00177417, ORT.
- Seidlitzia lowei Iljin, Not. Syst. Herb. Inst. Bot. Acad. Sci. URSS 15: 90. (1954)
  - Type: Canary Islands: Lanzarote, Graciosa, Espinilia de la Graciosa, Herbarium R. Lowe Holotype: LE; Isotype: K K000243928.
- Seidlitzia orotavensis Iljin, Not. Syst. Herb. Inst. Bot. Acad. Sci. URSS 15: 88. (1954)
  - Lectotype: (designated by Akhani, Abdullahi & Rudov, 2024: 4): Canary Islands: Tenerife, ad rupes marit. prope portum Oratavensem, Dec 1845, E. Bourgeau 958 (LE LE00011751; Isolectotype: K K000243929.
- "Salsola orotavensis" (Iljin) Freitag, nomen nudum in Schönfelder, Kosmos Kanarenflora: 74. (1997)

Native distribution areas:
Africa Macaronesia Canary Islands (La Palma Isl., La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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.
Link, J.H.F. 1828 ("1825"). Verzeichniss der wildwachsenden Pflanzen, welche bis jetzt auf den Canarischen Inseln gefunden worden sind. In Buch, C.L.v.: Physicalische Beschreibung der Canarischen Inseln. Berlin: Königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften. Digitalisat at Echo.mpiwg Reference page.
Castroviejo Bolíbar, S. & Luceño, M. 1992. Salsola marujae sp. nov., de las Islas Canarias. Anales del Jardin Botánico de Madrid 50(2): 259–260. PDF. Reference page.
Iljin, M.M. 1954. De genere Seidlitzia Bge. Notae criticae. Botanicheskie Materialy Gerbariya Botanicheskogo Instituta Imeni V. L. Komarova Akademii Nauk SSSR (Notulae Systematicae ex Herbario Instituti Botanici V.L. Komarovii Academiae Scientiarum URSS) 16: 86–93. Reference page.
Schönfelder, P. & Schönfelder, I. 1997. Die Kosmos-Kanarenflora. 319 pp. Stuttgart: Franck-Kosmos. ISBN 3-440-06037-3.Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Afrosalsola divaricata subsp. divaricata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 21. Reference page.

Deutsch: Orotava-Salzkraut
español: matabrusca negra, brusca, salado, espino negro