Haloxylon ammodendron

Haloxylon ammodendron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Haloxylon
Species:
H. ammodendron
Binomial name
Haloxylon ammodendron

Haloxylon ammodendron, variously called the saxaul (Russian: саксау́л, romanized: saksaúl), black saxaul, also spelled sacsaoul or saksaul is a plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. "Saksaul" is a common Turkic word[1] that entered Russian through Kazakh.

  1. ^ Каримуллина, Г. Н. (2007). "Тюркизмы в русской лингвографии XVIII – XX вв.: семантико-функциональный аспект" (PDF). Ученые записки Казанского государственного университета (in Russian). 149. Retrieved 8 February 2024.