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.
| Saltia papposa | |
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| Illustration of Saltia papposa in 1860 | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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] | |
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Genus synonymy
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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]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Saltia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Saltia papposa". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ Gabali, Dr. Saeed Abdo; Al-Gifri, Abdul-Nasser (1990). "Flora of South Yemen — Angiospermae A provisional checklist". Feddes Repertorium. 101 (7–8): 373–383.
- ^ J. R. I. Wood A Handbook of the Yemen Flora (1997), p. 26, at Google Books
- ^ Al-Khulaidi, Abdul Wali Ahmed; Al-Qadasi, Abdul Habib; Al-Hawshabi, Othman Saad Saeed (September 2020). "NATURAL PLANT SPECIES INVENTORY OF THE IMPORTANT PLANT AREAS IN ARABIAN PENINSULA: BANI OMAR, TAIZ GOVERNORATE, REPUBLIC OF YEMEN". EJUA-BA. 3: 135–149.
- ^ S.A. Ghazanfar and M. Fisher (Editors) Vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula (1998), p. 269, at Google Books
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.