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Sukhorukov, Alexander P., Liu, Pei-Liang & Kushunina, Maria, 2019, Taxonomic revision of Chenopodiaceae in Himalaya and Tibet, PhytoKeys 116, pp. 1-141 : 124

Halocharis violacea Bunge, Anabas. Revis. 63 (1862) [ Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.- Petersbourg, Ser. 7, 4(11)]

Notes.

This species has been reported for Ladakh, India ( Stewart 1916). No specimens were seen from our territory and the nearest records are from Quetta, Pakistan ( Hedge 1997). This plant can be confused with Halogeton glomeratus (re-identifications in BSD) and both species are woolly at younger stages. Both genera can be easily distinguished by the following leaf characteristics: the leaves of all Halocharis (tribe Caroxyleae) are covered with both short and long simple hairs, while those of Halogeton (tribe Salsoleae) are glabrous or covered with short papillae (long, clearly visible hairs are present only at the leaf base). The presence of two hair types is a distinct characteristic of Halocharis compared with many other Salsoloideae ( Sukhorukov et al. 2016b).