| Halogeton | |
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| Halogeton sativus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Salsoloideae |
| Tribe: | Salsoleae |
| Genus: | Halogeton C.A.Mey. |
| Species | |
About 5 species, see text | |
Halogeton is a plant genus of the familyAmaranthaceae. The genus name,Halogeton, derives from the Greek words for "salt" and for "neighbor."[1]
The genusHalogeton includes both annual and perennial species. The leaves are fleshy cylindrical, terminating in a persistent or caducous bristle. There are three to several flowers in the axil of each floral leaf. The perianth segments are membranous. The stamens are fixed on apapillose staminodial disk. In fruit, the tepals develop five wings.
The annual species grow in temperate salines and ruderal places, while the perennials are found in warm and hot deserts. They are tolerant of fairly saline soils.
Halogeton sativus was cultivated for the enormous 18th Centurybarilla industry in Spain that producedsoda ash. The species was considered to be a "saltwort" plant.
Halogeton glomeratus is considered a noxious weed in most regions of the United States;[2] a particular difficulty withH. glomeratus is that it is poisonous to sheep, and possibly to cattle, due to the high concentration ofsodium oxalate in the dry plant.[3] The common names forH. glomeratus includehalogeton (the same as the genus),barilla, andsaltlover.[4]
Halogeton species are used as food plants by thelarvae of someLepidoptera species includingThe Nutmeg and theColeophora case-bearersC. klimeschiella andC. parthenica.
The genus Halogeton was published in 1829 byCarl Anton von Meyer (in Ledeb., Icon. Pl. Fl. Ross. 1: 10), with the type speciesHalogeton glomeratus (M. Bieb.) C.A.Mey. Synonyms areAgathophora (Fenzl) Bunge andMicropeplis Bunge.The genus includes about 5 species:
Hossein Akhani, Gerald Edwards, Eric H. Roalson:Diversification Of The Old World Salsoleae S.L. (Chenopodiaceae): Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis Of Nuclear And Chloroplast Data Sets And A Revised Classification In: International Journal of Plant Sciences, 168(6), p. 942 and 945-946, 2007. (chapters Description, Habitat, Systematics)
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