Hammada (plant)

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Hammada
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Haloxylon griffithii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Salsoloideae
Genus: Hammada
Iljin

Hammada is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. [1] It is also in the Salsoloideae subfamily. [2] Although it is a very unclear and unsorted genus with many species that have later been classed as synonyms.

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Its native range is Central Asia and is found in Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey and Uzbekistan. [1] They are often found growing in alkaline or saline habitats. [3]

Description

They are perennial plants, with a glabrous (smooth) wood (only at the base). They can grow up to 40–60 cm (16–24 in) tall. [4] The weed-like plants have regular, minute, or small, cyclic flowers. The flowers have no petals, but 5 sepals which are united at the base. It has 5 stamens and the ovary is positioned superior and consists of 2 united carpels. Which late matures into a fruit (or seed capsule). [3]

Known species

According to Plants of the World Online; [1]

Although, Schüssler in 2017, listed the following species; Hammada erianthaBotsch., Hammada griffithii(Moq.) Iljin, Hammada negevensisIljin & Zoh., Hammada salicornica(Moq.) Iljin, Hammada schmittiana(Pomel) Botsch. and Hammada thomsonii(Bunge) Iljin. [2]

It is not known what the genus name of Hammada is in reference to, but Hamada in Arabic is a desert landscape.

It was first described and published in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) Vol.33 on page 582 in 1948. [1]

The genus is not recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, as they list it as a synonym of Haloxylon Bunge. [6]

Note; Hammada scoparia(Pomel) Iljin a former species in the genus, is classed as an accepted synonym of Haloxylon scoparium Pomel. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Hammada Iljin | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 Schüssler, Christina; Freitag, Helmut; Koteyeva, Nuria; Schmidt, Denise; Edwards, Gerald; Voznesenskaya, Elena; Kadereit, Gudrun (1 January 2017). "Molecular phylogeny and forms of photosynthesis in tribe Salsoleae (Chenopodiaceae)". Journal of Experimental Botany. 68 (2): 207–223.
  3. 1 2 "Flora of Israel | Chenopodiaceae | plant family". www-flowersinisrael-com.translate.goog. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Michael Zohary Flora Palaestina, Volume 1 (1966) , p. 166, at Google Books
  5. ↑ S. K. Czerepanov, Sergeĭ Kirillovich Cherepanov Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (the Former USSR) (1995) , p. 185, at Google Books
  6. ↑ "Genus Hammada Iljin". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Hammada scoparia (Pomel) Iljin | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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