Camphorosma

Camphorosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in northern Africa, southern and eastern Europe, Crimea, Russia, Anatolia, the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, the Altai, western Siberia, Xinjiang in China, and Mongolia.[2] Annuals or subshrubs, they can be distinguished from closely related taxa such as Bassia by their flattened perianths which have four lobes, inflorescences with multicellular glandular hairs, a distinct C4 leaf anatomy type (called the Camphorosma type), and a chromosome count of 2n = 12.[3][4]

Camphorosma
Camphorosma annua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Camphorosmoideae
Tribe: Camphorosmeae
Genus: Camphorosma
L.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Camphorata Zinn

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Camphorosma annua Pall.
  • Camphorosma monspeliaca L.
  • Camphorosma persepolitana Gand.
  • Camphorosma polygama Bunge ex Boiss.
  • Camphorosma songorica Bunge

References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 122 (1753)
  2. "Camphorosma L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. Kadereit, Gudrun; Freitag, Helmut (2011). "Molecular phylogeny of Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for biogeography, evolution of C4-photosynthesis and taxonomy". Taxon. 60: 51–78. doi:10.1002/tax.601006.
  4. Freitag, Helmut; Kadereit, Gudrun (2014). "C3 and C4 leaf anatomy types in Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae)". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 300 (4): 665–687. doi:10.1007/s00606-013-0912-9. S2CID 7598987.
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