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Amaranthaceae

Akhania

Akhania canescens (Moq.) Sukhor.

First published in PhytoKeys 211: 55 (2022)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is W. & Central Asia. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

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Native to:

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey, Uzbekistan

Homotypic Synonyms

Caroxylon boissieri (Botsch.) Freitag in S.-W.Breckle & al., Vasc. Pl. Afghanistan: 264 (2013), nom. superfl.
Caroxylon canescens (Moq.) Akhani & Roalson in Int. J. Pl. Sci. 168: 947 (2007)
Climacoptera canescens (Moq.) G.L.Chu in Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod.: 312 (2017)
Noaea canescens Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 208 (1849)
Salsola boissieri Botsch. in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 53: 1442 (1968)
Salsola canescens (Moq.) Boiss. in Fl. Orient. 4: 963 (1879), nom. illeg.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Halimocnemis tomentosa var. glabrescens Moq. in Chenop. Monogr. Enum.: 152 (1840)
Noaea canescens var. glabriuscula Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 208 (1849)
Salsola boissieri subsp. serpentinicola (Freitag & E.Özhatay) Freitag & Uotila in Willdenowia 41: 130 (2011)
Salsola canescens subsp. serpentinicola Freitag & E.Özhatay in Willdenowia 27: 185 (1997)
Salsola podlechii Botsch. in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 17: 129 (1980)
Salsola titovii Botsch. in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Uzbekistansk. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 3: 3 (1941)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Caryophyllales

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Family
Amaranthaceae

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Genus
Akhania

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Species
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Kew Backbone Distributions

Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1967). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 2: 1-581. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
Hedge, I.C., Akhani, H., Freitag, H., Kothe-Heinrich, G., Podlech, D., Rilke, S. & Uotila, P. (1997). Flora Iranica 172: 1-371. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
Korovin, E.P. & Vvedensky, A.I. (eds.) (1953). Flora Uzbekistana 2: 1-547. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1
- Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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