Halothamnus subaphyllus

Halothamnus subaphyllus subsp. charifii

Halothamnus subaphyllus is a plant of the genus Halothamnus from the family of Amaranthaceae ( Amaranthaceae ).

Description

Vegetative characteristics

Halothamnus subaphyllus usually grows as a shrub with plant height of 0.5 to 1.2 meters on sand or a shrub with stature heights of up to 2.5 meters. The branches have a blue-green or green bark. The lower leaves are semi- terete, fleshy, linear, with a length of up to 35 mm. The upper leaves are scale-like with a length of only 1-4 mm and have at their base and usually also on sides and top of a narrow margin of skin.

Generative features

The bracts resemble the leaves on the upper petals are shorter than the bracts and the flowers and all round hautrandig. The scale-like, transverse - oval, membranous bracts edged lying on the flower and form together with the supporting sheet a shallow cup. The hermaphrodite flowers which 3,2 to 5.0 mm long. The tepals are ovate. The scars are truncated at its upper end.

The winged fruit having a diameter of 11 mm to 17 mm. Their wings put in or just below the middle. The Fruchttubus is bowl-shaped narrowed down, with projecting ledges, and has flat, oval or round pits at the base on.

Fruit, bottom

Distinguishing features of the subspecies

The type Halothamnus subaphyllus is divided into three subspecies, here its distinctive features:

  • Halothamnus subaphyllus subsp. subaphyllus
  • Halothamnus subaphyllus subsp. psammophilus: It is one to 2.5 m tall shrub with shorter, thinner flower-bearing branches and longer upper leaves.
  • Halothamnus subaphyllus subsp. charifii: With him fall on ( trichomes ) in the leaf axils dense tufts of long Woolly Hairs.

Occurrence

The distribution area of Halothamnus subaphyllus includes Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan ( Baluchistan ). It grows in steppes, semi-deserts and deserts on stony, clayey and sandy, often salt or gypsum-bearing soils at altitudes of 2,400 meters above sea level.

Use

Halothamnus subaphyllus is an important forage crop in the grazed desert areas of Central Asia. He is eaten by sheep, goats and camels and cattle and is therefore grown as a crop in artificial, reclaimed pastures. Highest yields for the subspecies Halothamnus subaphyllus subsp. psammophilus. The Halothamnus subaphyllus subsp. psammophilus is also planted to consolidate by moving sand dunes. Halothamnus subaphyllus is used in folk medicine in women's diseases, to strengthen the hair and sheep scabies, as well as anthrax and for wound healing. The plants are rich in medically important alkaloids ( Subaphyllin, salsoline ). In addition Halothamnus subaphyllus serves as Dye plant substances. The ashes of Halothamnus subaphyllus delivered earlier soda and potash for soap making. Boron is accumulated in the leaves.

Taxonomy

The first description of this type carried out in 1833 by Carl Anton von Meyer as Salsola subaphylla CAMeyer. In 1981, she was by Victor Petrovich Botschantzev as Halothamnus subaphyllus ( CAMeyer ) Botsch. placed in the genus Halothamnus.

Halothamnus subaphyllus is subdivided into three subspecies:

  • Halothamnus subaphyllus ( C.A.Meyer ) Botsch. subsp. subaphyllus ( Syn: Salsola subaphylla CAMeyer, Caroxylon subaphyllum ( CAMeyer ) Moq, Salsola subaphylla CAMeyer var typica Drobov, nom inval, Salsola subaphylla CAMeyer subsp typica ( Drobov ) Ilyin, nom inval, Aellenia subaphylla. .. . ( CAMeyer ) Aellen Aellenia subaphylla ( CAMeyer ) Aellen subsp. eu subaphylla Aellen nom.inval. , Aellenia subaphylla ( CAMeyer ) Botsch. Aellen ex, quoad nom. , Aellenia subaphylla ( CAMeyer ) Aellen subsp. subaphylla, Aellenia subaphylla ( CAMeyer ) Aellen subsp. sabetii Aellen, Salsola subaphylla CAMeyer var arenaria Drobov, Salsola arenaria ( Drobov ) Ilyin, nom. nud. , Salsola subaphylla CAMeyer subsp. arenaria ( Drobov ) Ilyin, Aellenia subaphylla (CA Meyer) Aellen subsp. turcomanica Aellen Aellenia turcomanica ( Aellen ) CE. )
  • Halothamnus subaphyllus ( C.A.Meyer ) Botsch. subsp. charifii ( Aellen ) Kothe - Heinr .. ( Syn: .. Aellenia subaphylla ( CAMeyer ) Aellen subsp charifii Aellen Aellenia subaphylla ( CAMeyer ) Aellen subsp gracilenta Aellen Halothamnus subaphylloides Botsch )
  • Halothamnus subaphyllus ( C.A.Meyer ) Botsch. subsp. psammophilus ( Botsch. ) Kothe - Heinr .. ( Syn: Halothamnus psammophilus Botsch. )

Common names

  • Uzbekistan: Cogon, Cogan, ČUGON
  • Kazakhstan: ŠONGAJNA
  • Russian: солянка малолистная
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