Akhania canescens (Moq.) Sukhor., 2022

Sukhorukov, Alexander P., Fedorova, Alina V., Kushunina, Maria & Mavrodiev, Evgeny V., 2022, Akhania, a new genus for Salsola daghestanica, Caroxylon canescens and C. carpathum (Salsoloideae, Chenopodiaceae, Amaranthaceae), PhytoKeys 211, pp. 45-61 : 45

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.211.89408
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/649F482A-CFA8-5DC7-9911-B85C46D6CA81
treatment provided by	PhytoKeys by Pensoft
scientific name	Akhania canescens (Moq.) Sukhor.
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

2. Akhania canescens (Moq.) Sukhor. comb. nov.

Noaea canescens ≡ Noaea canescens Moq. in DC., Prodr. 13(2): 208 (1849).

Caroxylon canescens ≡ Caroxylon canescens (Moq.) Akhani & Roalson, Int. J. Pl. Sci. 168(6): 947 (2007).

Salsola canescens ≡ Salsola canescens (Moq.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 4: 963 (1879), nom. illegit., non Pers. (1805).

Salsola boissieri ≡ Salsola boissieri Botsch., Bot. Zhurn. 53: 1442 (1968).

Caroxylon boissieri ≡ Caroxylon boissieri (Botsch.) Freitag, Vasc. Pl. Afghanistan: 264 (2013), nom. superfl.

Climacoptera canescens ≡ Climacoptera canescens (Moq.) G.L.Chu in Chu & Sanderson, Gen. New Evol. System World Chenopod.: 312 (2017).

Lectotype

( Bochantsev 1968): [Iraq] In cacumine m. Gara Kurdist. orientem versus frequens, 1843, Th. Kotschy 346 (LE! isolectotypes G! H, JE, K000899548! P, W0046462!).

Distribution.

This species is distributed across Irano-Turanian Region ( Freitag and Rilke 1997 as Salsola canescens ).

Habitat.

The slopes of hills, frequently screes.

Phenology.

Flowering - July-August, fruiting - October-November.

Conservation status.

The taxonomic composition of this species is still insufficiently studied. Therefore, its current conservation status cannot be properly evaluated.