Salsola stocksii

Salsola stocksii
	Salsola stocksii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Foxtail family (Amaranthaceae)
Subfamily :	Salsoloideae
Tribe :	Salsoleae
Genre :	Salt herbs ( salsola )
Type :	Salsola stocksii
Scientific name
	Salsola stocksii
	Boiss.

Salsola stocksii , pollination by wild bees

Salsola stocksii is a species of plant inthe foxtail family (Amaranthaceae).

description

Salsola stocksii grows as a shrub that reaches heights of 25 to 80 centimeters. The protruding or ascending, opposite branches have a bare or frosted bark. The seated, protruding leaves are stalk-round, fleshy ( succulent ) and up to 5 mm long and up to 1.5 mm wide.

The loose, paniculate inflorescences consist of 3 to 12 cm long partial inflorescences with numerous flowers. The bloom cladding sheets ( tepals ) are only 1.5 mm long. There are egg-shaped staminodes between the five stamens .

At the time of fruiting, the tepals develop spread out brown wings, the diameter of the flower envelope is then about 6 mm. The seed has a diameter of 2.5 to 3 mm.

Pollination and spread of the diaspores

Salsola stocksii is pollinated by small wild bees (unknown Hymenoptera ) that have been observed collecting pollen (see photo).

The winged fruits are spread by the wind ( anemochory ).

distribution

Salsola stocksii occurs in Afghanistan , Pakistan and western India (Punjab, Rajasthan). There Salsola stocksii grows on sandy or loamy salty soils ( halophyte ) and on limestone hills.

use

Salsola stocksii is used to extract sodium carbonate , which is used as a detergent additive, as a folk remedy and as a food additive.

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1859 by Pierre Edmond Boissier in Diagnoses plantarum orientalium novarum , ser. 2,4, Neocomi, 1859, p. 75. Synonyms for Salsola stocksii Boiss. are Haloxylon stocksii (Boiss.) Benth. & Hook. and Haloxylon recurvum sensu Bunge . Phylogenetic research showed that this species does not belong to the genus Haloxylon , but rather belongs to the genus Salsola .

literature

IC Hedge: Haloxylon , In: Karl Heinz Rechinger et al. (Editor): Flora Iranica , Volume 172, Chenopodiaceae , pp. 315–326, Akad. Druck, Graz 1997, ISBN 3-201-00728-5 . S. 321. (Sections Description, Distribution, Use)

Individual evidence

^ Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich: Revision of the genus Halothamnus (Chenopodiaceae) . Bibliotheca Botanica Vol. 143, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 978-3-510-48014-2 , p. 22.
↑ ^a ^b ^c I.C. Hedge: Haloxylon , In: Karl Heinz Rechinger et al. (Editor): Flora Iranica , Volume 172, Chenopodiaceae , pp. 315–326, Akad. Druck, Graz 1997, ISBN 3-201-00728-5 . P. 321.
↑ Hossein Akhani, Gerald Edwards, Eric H. Roalson: Diversification Of The Old World Salsoleae SL (Chenopodiaceae): Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis Of Nuclear And Chloroplast Data Sets And A Revised Classification , In: International Journal of Plant Sciences , Volume 168 (6) , 2007, pp. 931-956.

Web links

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[1] Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich: Revision of the genus Halothamnus (Chenopodiaceae) . Bibliotheca Botanica Vol. 143, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 978-3-510-48014-2 , p. 22.

[Hedge1997-2] I.C. Hedge: Haloxylon , In: Karl Heinz Rechinger et al. (Editor): Flora Iranica , Volume 172, Chenopodiaceae , pp. 315–326, Akad. Druck, Graz 1997, ISBN 3-201-00728-5 . P. 321.

[3] Hossein Akhani, Gerald Edwards, Eric H. Roalson: Diversification Of The Old World Salsoleae SL (Chenopodiaceae): Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis Of Nuclear And Chloroplast Data Sets And A Revised Classification , In: International Journal of Plant Sciences , Volume 168 (6) , 2007, pp. 931-956.