Bassia muricata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Camphorosmoideae
Tribus: Camphorosmeae
Genus: Bassia
Species: Bassia muricata

Name

Bassia muricata (L.) Asch., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 187. (1867)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Salsola muricata L., Mant. Pl. 54. (1767)
    • Type: In Europa australis, Aegypto. Lectotype: LINN 315/22.
• Homotypic
  • Suaeda muricata (L.) Pall., Illustr. Pl. 43. t. 35. (1803)
  • Kochia muricata (L.) Schrad., Neues J. Bot. 3(3-4): 86. (1809)
  • Cornulaca muricata (L.) Delile, Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 57 (1813)
  • Chenolea muricata (L..) Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 122. (1927)
  • Willemetia muricata (L.) Moq., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. II, 1: 208 (1834)
  • Echinopsilon muricatum (L.) Moq., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. II, 2: 127 (1834)
• Heterotypic?
  • Bassia aegyptiaca All., (Math. Phil. Math. Soc. Roy. Turin 3: 178. 1766, genus Bassia), species name: Math. Phil. Math. Soc. Roy. Turin 5: 93, 1770)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara West Tropical Africa Mauritania Asia-Temperate Western Asia Cyprus, Iran (S), Iraq (w), Palestine (Israel, Jordan (S)), Sinai, Syria Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi-Arabia, Yemen (N) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ascherson, P.F.A. 1867. Chenopodiaceae. pp. 183–187. In Schweinfurth, G.A.: Beitrag zur Flora Aethiopiens. Berlin, G. Reimer. Hathitrust Reference page. : 187
• Linnaeus, C. 1767. Mantissa Plantarum. Generum editionis VI. et Specierum editionis II. [1]: 1–142 index (2 pp.). Holmiae. BHL Reference page. : 54

Additional references

• Kadereit, G. & Freitag, H. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for biogeography, evolution of C₄-photosynthesis and taxonomy. Taxon 60(1): 51–78. DOI: 10.1002/tax.601006 PDF.Reference page. : 73.
• Hedge, I.C. 1997. Bassia muricata. In.
• Hedge, I.C., Akhani, H., Freitag, H., Kothe-Heinrich, G., Podlech, D., Rilke, S. & Uotila, P.  1997. Chenopodiaceae. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.): Flora Iranica Vol. 172. 371 pp., 212 tab., Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz. Reference page. : 101.
• Uotila, P. 2011. Bassia muricata. In: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). Euro Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Bassia muricata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Bassia muricata. Published online. Accessed: June 07 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Bassia muricata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Bassia muricata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 June 2018.