Krascheninnikovia ceratoides

Krascheninnikovia ceratoides
Krascheninnikovia ceratoides in Austria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Krascheninnikovia
Species:	K. ceratoides
Binomial name
Krascheninnikovia ceratoides (L.) Gueldenst.
Synonyms [1]
Achyranthes papposaForssk. Axyris ceratoidesL. Ceratoides arborescens(Losinsk.) C.P.Tsien & C.G.Ma Ceratoides compacta(Losinsk.) Soják Ceratoides compacta(Losinsk.) C.P. Tsien & C.G. Ma Ceratoides compacta var. longipilosaC.P.Tsien & C.G.Ma Ceratoides eversmanniana(Stschegl. ex I.G.Borshch.) Botsch. & Ikonn. Ceratoides intramongolicaH.C.Fu, J.Y.Yang & S.Y.Zhao Ceratoides latensReveal & N.H.Holmgren Ceratoides lenensis(Kuminova) Jurtzev & Kamelin Ceratoides papposaBotsch. & Ikonn. Ceratoides pungens(Popov) Czerep. Ceratospermum papposumPers. Diotis ceratoides(L.) Willd. Diotis ferrugineaT.Nees Eurotia arborescensLosinsk. Eurotia ceratoides(L.) C.A. Mey. Eurotia ceratoides var. ferruginea(T.Nees) Boiss. Eurotia ceratoides var. lanata(Pursh) Kuntze Eurotia ceratoides var. latifoliaMoq. Eurotia ceratoides var. pratensisLosinsk. Eurotia ceratoides var. pungensPopov Eurotia ceratoides var. tenuifoliaMoq. Eurotia ceratoides f. tragacanthoidesLosinsk. Eurotia ceratoides var. tragacanthoides(Losinsk.) Iljin Eurotia compactaLosinsk. Eurotia eversmannianaStschegl. ex I.G.Borshch. Eurotia ferruginea(T.Nees) Boiss. ex Moq. Eurotia lanata(Pursh) K.Koch Eurotia lanata var. subspinosa(Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles Eurotia lenensisKuminova Eurotia prostrataLosinsk. Eurotia pungens(Popov) Pazij Krascheninnikovia arborescens(Losinsk.) Czerep. Krascheninnikovia ceratoides var. pratensis(Losinsk.) Gang Yang Krascheninnikovia ceratoides subsp. tragacanthoidesOvcz. & Kinzikaeva Krascheninnikovia compacta(Losinsk.) Grubov Krascheninnikovia compacta var. longipilosa(C.P.Tsien & C.G.Ma) Mosyakin Krascheninnikovia intramongolica(H.C.Fu, J.Y.Yang & S.Y.Zhao) Z.Y.Zhu, C.Z.Liang & W.Wang Krascheninnikovia latensJ.F.Gmel. Krascheninnikovia lenensis(Kuminova) Tzvelev Krascheninnikovia longipilosa(C.P.Tsien & C.G.Ma) G.L.Chu Krascheninnikovia pungens(Popov) Czerep. Krascheninnikovia pungensPodlech Saltia papposa(Forssk.) Moq.

Krascheninnikovia ceratoides, or the Pamirian winterfat, ^[2] is a plant species native to Central Europe and Southern Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia. ^[3] It has been reported from Russia, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Romania. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Krascheninnikovia ceratoides is a shrub up to 100 cm tall, appearing whitish because of a thick layer of finely branched hairs. Leaves are highly variable in shape, up to 25 mm long.The flowers are tiny, covered with long silky hairs, borne in axillary clusters and a terminal raceme; staminate (male, pollen-producing) and pistillate (female, seed-producing) organs are in different flowers on the same plant. The fruit is egg-shaped, about 3 mm long, with 4 angles and 2 horns. ^{[3] [11]}

References

1. The Plant List
2. NRCS. "Krascheninnikovia ceratoides". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 29 May 2015.
3. Flora of Pakistan V 204.
4. Flora of Romania, Endangered Species of Transylvania
5. Meyer, Carl Anton (Andreevič) von. 1833. Flora Altaica 4: 239–240.
6. Flora Silvestre del Mediterráneo, Krascheninnikovia ceratoides
7. Czech Botany
8. Virtual Guide to the Flora of Mongolia
9. Gobierno de Aragón, Catálogo de Especies Amaenazadas de Aragón, Krascheninnikovia ceratoides
10. Walter Wucherer, Liliya A. Dimeyeva. 2012. Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert: The Desiccated Floor of the Aral Sea (Central Asia). Springer Verlag.
11. Gueldenstaedt, Anton Johann von. 1772. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperalis Petropolitanae 16: 548, 555.

External links

• GBIF Worldwide occurrence data: Krascheninnikovia ceratoides