Halothamnus glaucus

Halothamnus glaucus

Halothamnus glaucus is a species of the genus Halothamnus in the family of Amaranthaceae ( Amaranthaceae ). The home is located in the central and southwestern Asia. In China, it grows only in the northern Xinjiang in the Gobi Desert, in semi-arid and arid slopes.

Features

Halothamnus glaucus grows as a shrub, reaching heights of growth of up to 1 meter. The bark of the branches is striped green and light blue. The semi- terete, fleshy leaves are broadly linear with a length of up to 50 mm and a width of 0.7 to 2.0 mm.

The support and bracts of the lower flowers are similar to the foliage leaves, the bracts are wide at the base hautrandig. The flowers are 3.5 to 5.0 mm long with lanceolate - ovate bloom cladding. The scars are rounded at the tip.

The winged fruit reaches 11 to 17 mm in diameter, their wings set at or slightly below the middle. Fruchttubus the wide cylindrical, often widens downward and has rounded - oval-shaped pits on the base on.

Fruit ( bottom )

Occurrence

The distribution area of Halothamnus glaucus extends from eastern Turkey through Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, northern Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, to Kyrgyzstan to the People's Republic of China ( Dzungaria, possibly even Kaschgarei and Mongolia). It grows in dry semi-desert or mountain steppes on stony or clayey, partly also on saline soils, up to about 2000 m above sea level.

Use

Halothamnus glaucus is an important pasture forage plant for camels, sheep and goats and is locally grown. In earlier times, alkalis were recovered from the ashes of plants. The roots and aerial parts contain alkaloids.

System

The first description was in 1798 under the name Salsola glauca by Friedrich August Marschall von Bieber stone, which dealt with the way in other publications in 1800 and 1806. In 1981, she was placed in the genus glaucus Halothamnus by Victor Petrovich Botschantzev as Halothamnus ..

Halothamnus glaucus is subdivided into three subspecies:

  • Halothamnus glaucus ( M.Bieb. ) Botsch. subsp. glaucus (syn.: Salsola glauca M.Bieb, Caroxylon glaucum ( M.Bieb ) Moq, Aellenia glauca ( M.Bieb ) Aellen Aellenia glauca ( M.Bieb ) Aellen subsp eu glauca Aellen, nom. .. .. .. inval. , Aellenia glauca ( M.Bieb. ) Aellen subsp. glauca, Aellenia glauca ( M.Bieb. ) Aellen subsp. eu glauca Aellen f reducta Aellen, Salsola spicata Pall. (non Willd. 1798) nom. illeg. , Halothamnus heptapotamicus Botsch ). It is hairless with 0.6 to 0.9 mm wide stamens.
  • Halothamnus glaucus subsp. hispidulus ( Bunge) Kothe - Heinr. ( Syn: .. .. . Caroxylon hispidulum Bunge, Salsola hispidula ( Bunge) Boiss, Salsola hispidula ( Bunge) Bunge, nom inval, Aellenia glauca ( M.Bieb ) Aellen subsp hispidula ( Bunge) Aellen Aellenia hispidula ( Bunge). .. Botsch, Aellenia hispidula ( Bunge) Aellen, nom inval, Halothamnus hispidulus ( Bunge) Botsch ): She's tight hairy with only 0.5 to 0.7 mm wide stamens.

Trivial names

Trivial names in different languages ​​:

  • Azerbaijan: lekeli Š.
  • Iran, Khorasan: BAEBAE, BAEBAE - shour
  • Turkmenistan: ČOGANOK, Cogon
  • China: xin jiang li新疆 藜
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