Salsola

Salsola
Salsola oppositifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Salsoloideae
Tribe: Salsoleae
Genus: Salsola
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Synonyms
  • Caspia Galushko
  • Darniella Maire & Weiller
  • Eremochion Gilli
  • Hypocylix Woł.
  • Isgarum Raf.
  • Kali Mill.
  • Neocaspia Tzvelev
  • Physandra Botsch.

Salsola is a genus of the subfamily Salsoloideae in the family Amaranthaceae. The genus sensu stricto is distributed in Australia,[1] central and southwestern Asia, North Africa, and the Mediterranean.[2] Common names of various members of this genus and related genera are saltwort (for their salt tolerance) and tumbleweed or roly-poly. The genus name Salsola is from the Latin salsus, meaning 'salty'.[3]

  1. ^ https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166681-1
  2. ^ Akhani, Hossein; Edwards, Gerald; Roalson, Eric 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. JSTOR 10.1086/518263. S2CID 86789297.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference fna was invoked but never defined (see the help page).