| Akhania | |
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| Akhania daghestanica | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Salsoloideae |
| Tribe: | Caroxyleae |
| Genus: | Akhania Sukhor. (2022) |
| Species[1] | |
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Akhania is agenus offlowering plants in the amaranth family,Amaranthaceae. It includes three species native to the eastern Mediterranean and western and central Asia, ranging from Greece through western Asia to the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, and Afghanistan.[1]
Akhania includes small shrubs or subshrubs 20 to 100 cm tall. The plants have a bushy habit, with several or numerous stems, small linear or broadly lanceolate leaves which are bright green, glaucous, or grayish and 5–35 mm long by 1–3 mm wide.[2]
The genusAkhania is named after the Iranian botanist Hossein Akhani. Its species were formerly placed in the generaSalsola orCaroxylon. A genetic and morphological analysis concluded that the three species formed a distinct clade which is sister toCaroxylon.[2]
Three species are accepted:[1][2]