Saltia papposa | |
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Illustration of Saltia papposa in 1860 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: |
Saltia R.Br. ex Moq. |
Species: | S. papposa
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Binomial name | |
Saltia papposa (Forssk.) Moq.
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Synonyms [1] [2] | |
Genus synonymy
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Saltia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It just contains one species, Saltia papposa. [1] It is in the Amaranthoideae subfamily.
It is native to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, [3] [4] in the Arabian Peninsula. [1] [5] It is found on gravel plains with other shrubs. [6]
The genus name of Saltia is in honour of Henry Salt (1780–1827), an English artist, traveller, collector of antiquities, diplomat, and Egyptologist. [7] The Latin specific epithet of papposa refers to pappus the wind-dispersal mechanism for the seeds. It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.13 (Series 2) on page 325 in 1849. [1]