The Cardueae are a tribe of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) and the subfamily Carduoideae. Most of them are commonly known as thistles; four of the best known genera are Carduus, Cynara, Cirsium, and Onopordum.
Haloxylon persicum, the white saxaul, is a small tree belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. Its range is Western Asia, including the Palestine region, Egypt, Sinai, South Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Oman, UAE, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, to Central Asia, and China.
Ammodendron is a genus of flowering plants, called the sand acacias, in the family Fabaceae. It contains five species, which range from Iran through Central Asia to Xinjiang. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Its name is derived from the Greek άμμοςammos ("sand") and δένδρονdendron ("tree").
Haloxylon is a genus of shrubs or small trees, belonging to the plant family Amaranthaceae. Haloxylon and its species are known by the common name saxaul. "Saksaul" is a common Turkic word that entered Russian through Kazakh.
Ungernia is a genus of bulb-forming plants in the Amaryllis family, native to central and south-central Asia Asia.
Leontice is a group of perennial, tuberous herbs in the Berberidaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.
Seidlitzia was genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae, now considered a synonym of genus Soda. It is also in the Salsoloideae subfamily.
Sibbaldia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Rosaceae, with a circumpolar distribution, including the high Arctic. The type species is Sibbaldia procumbens. It is also in the Rosoideae subfamily.
Astragalus bakaliensis is a species of flowering plant in the large legume genus Astragalus (Fabaceae). It is native to central Asia, Iran, and Pakistan. Astragalus bakaliensis was first formally named by Russian botanist Alexander von Bunge in 1851.
Agathophora alopecuroides is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is a subshrub or shrub native to northern Africa and west Asia, ranging from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. It is the sole species in genus Agathophora.
Bothriospermum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae.
Chartoloma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.
Cithareloma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.
Halocharis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.
Iljinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It only contains one species, Iljinia regelii(Bunge) Korovin ex Iljin
Petrosimonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is also in the Salsoloideae tribe.
Eremodaucus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its only species is Eremodaucus lehmannii. Its native range is Caucasus to Western and Central Asia.
Octoceras is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.
Streptoloma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.
Adenonema is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae.
