Kali (plant)

Kali was a genus of plants in the subfamily Salsoloideae in the family Amaranthaceae, that has now been subsumed into the genus Salsola . ^[1]

Common names of various members of this genus include buckbush, rolypoly, ^[2] tumbleweed for its wind-blown seed dispersal habit, and Tartar thistle ^[3] and Russian thistle for its origins. ^[3]

Taxonomy

The type species of the genus was Kali turgidum (now Salsola kali). The genus consisted of ca. 23 species, ^[4] including: ^[5]

• Kali australe(R.Br.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola kali R.Br.
• Kali basalticumC.Brullo, Brullo, Gaskin, Giusso, Hrusa & Salmeri = Salsola basaltica (C.Brullo, Brullo, Gaskin, Giusso, Hrusa & Salmeri) C.Brullo & Brullo
• Kali collinum(Pall.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola collina Pall.
• Kali dodecanesicumC.Brullo, Brullo, Giusso, Ilardi = Salsola squarrosa Steven ex Moq.
• Kali gobicola(Iljin) Brullo & Hrusa (2015) = Salsola × gobicola Iljin
• Kali griffithii(Bunge) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola griffithii (Bunge) Freitag & Khani
• Kali jacquemontii(Moq.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola jacquemontii Moq.
• Kali ikonnikovii(Iljin) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola ikonnikovii Iljin
• Kali komarovii(Iljin) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola komarovii Iljin
• Kali macrophyllum(R.Br.) Galasso & Bartolucci = Salsola australis R.Br.
• Kali monopterum(Bunge) Lomon. = Salsola monoptera Bunge
• Kali nepalensis(Grubov) Brullo, Giusso & Hrusa (2015) = Salsola jacquemontii Moq.
• Kali paulsenii(Litv.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola paulsenii Litv.
• Kali pellucidum(Litv.) Brullo, Giusso & Hrusa = Salsola paulsenii Litv.
• Kali praecox(Litv.) Sukhor. = Salsola praecox (Litv.) Litv.
• Kali rosaceum(L.) Moench = Noaea rosacea (L.) Sennikov
• Kali sinkiangense(A.J.Li) Brullo, Giusso & Hrusa = Salsola sinkiangensis A.J.Li
• Kali ryanii(Hrusa & Gaskin) Brullo & Hrusa = Salsola ryanii Hrusa & Gaskin
• Kali tamamschjanae(Iljin) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola tamamschjanae Iljin
• Kali tamariscinum(Pall.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola tamariscina Pall.
• Kali turgidum(Dumort.) Guterm. = Salsola kali L.
• Kali zaidamicum(Iljin) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola zaidamica Iljin

In 2014, Mosyakin et al. proposed to conserve Salsola kali (= Kali turgidum) as nomenclatoral type for the genus Salsola . If the proposal will be accepted, all species of genus Kali would belong to Salsola again. ^[6] The General Committee of the XIX International Botanical Congress approved Mosyakin et al.'s proposal, ^[7] rendering the species related to Salsola kali as constituting the genus Salsola, while those related to Salsola soda should be transferred to another genus. ^[8]

References

1. Plants of the world Online (retrieved 4 March 2024)
2. Lucid Keys, LucidCentral.org
3. Vasey, G. (1892). "Report of the botanist". Report of the Secretary of Agriculture. 1891. United States Department of Agriculture: 341–58.
4. Akhani, Hossein; Edwards, Gerald; Roalson, Eric H. (2007). "Diversification of the old world Salsoleae s.l. (Chenopodiaceae): molecular phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and chloroplast data sets and a revised classification". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 168 (6): 931–956. doi:10.1086/518263. JSTOR   10.1086/518263. S2CID   86789297.
5. "Search for 'Kali'". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
6. Mosyakin, Sergei L.; Rilke, Sabrina; Freitag, Helmut (2014). "(2323) Proposal to conserve the name Salsola (Chenopodiaceae s.str.; Amaranthaceae sensu APG) with a conserved type". Taxon. 63 (5): 1134–1135. doi: 10.12705/635.15 .
7. "Proposals and Disposals". Smithsonian Institution.
8. Mosyakin, Sergei L.; et al. (2017). "Kali versus Salsola: the instructive story of a questionable nomenclatural resurrection". Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 64 (1–2): 18–30.