Salsola kali

Salsola kali
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Salsola
Species:
S. kali
Binomial name
Salsola kali
Synonyms
  • Kali soda Moench
  • Salsola acicularis Salisb.
  • Salsola decumbens Lam.
  • Salsola kali var. hirta Ten.
  • Salsola kali var. vulgaris W.D.J.Koch
  • Several heterotypic synonyms including:
  • Corispermum pilosum Raf.
  • Kali turgidum (Dumort.) Gutermann
  • Salsola aptera Iljin
  • Salsola gmelinii Rouy

Salsola kali is the restored botanical name for a species of flowering plants in the amaranth family. It is native to the Northern African and European Atlantic coasts to the Mediterranean (although it has been introduced elsewhere). It is an annual plant which grows primarily in the temperate biome.[1]

Kali turgidum[2] is a synonym for Salsola kali:[3] an annual plant that grows in salty sandy coastal soils,[4] whose commonly known as prickly saltwort or prickly glasswort.

Its distributional range is in Europe along the shores of Baltic Sea, North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.[4] In the Mediterranean and at dry inland places it is replaced by Kali tragus (syn. Salsola tragus or Salsola kali subsp. tragus), which is less tolerant to salty soils, and has spread from Eurasia to other continents.[4] Kali turgidum does not seem to occur as an introduced species in America.[4]

  1. ^ Plants of the World Online: Salsola kali L.
  2. ^ Walter Gutermann: Notulae nomenclaturales 41–45. Neue Namen bei Cruciata und Kali sowie einige kleinere Korrekturen. In: Phyton (Horn). 51 (1), 2011, p. 98.
  3. ^ Kali turgidum, International Plant Names Index, (epitheton in neutrum), accessed 15. January 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d Sabrina Rilke: Revision der Sektion Salsola s.l. der Gattung Salsola (Chenopodiaceae). In: Bibliotheca Botanica. Vol. 149, 1999, ISBN 978-3-510-48020-3 (Summary online).