Saltia papposa

Saltia papposa
Illustration of Saltia papposa in 1860
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Saltia R.Br. ex Moq.
Species:	S. papposa
Binomial name
Saltia papposa (Forssk.) Moq.
Synonyms [1] [2]
Genus synonymy Psilodigera Suess. Species synonymy Achyranthes papposa Forssk. Psilodigera spicata Suess. Psilotrichum spicatum (Suess.) Cavaco Saltia seddera Moq., A.P.de Candolle

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.

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

1. "Saltia". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 October 2022.
2. "Saltia papposa". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 October 2022.
3. Gabali, Dr. Saeed Abdo; Al-Gifri, Abdul-Nasser (1990). "Flora of South Yemen — Angiospermae A provisional checklist". Feddes Repertorium. 101 (7–8): 373–383. doi:10.1002/fedr.19901010708.
4. J. R. I. Wood A Handbook of the Yemen Flora (1997) , p. 26, at Google Books
5. 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.
6. S.A. Ghazanfar and M. Fisher (Editors) Vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula (1998) , p. 269, at Google Books
7. 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.