Familia:Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus:Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia:Camphorosmoideae
Tribus:Camphorosmeae
Genus:Bassia
Species:B. aegyptiaca –B. angustifolia –B. arabica –B. dinteri –B. eriophora –B. hyssopifolia –B. indica –B. laniflora –B. lasiantha –B. monticola –B. muricata –B. odontoptera –B. pilosa –B. prostrata –B. salsoloides –B. scoparia –B. stellaris –B. tianschanica –B. tomentosa –B. villosissima

• This taxon list was last updated on 19 December 2024.

BassiaAll., Mélanges Philos. Math. Soc. Roy. Turin 3: 177 (1766).

• Type species: (Lectotype, designated bySchweinfurth, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 187, 1867.):Bassia aegyptiacaAll. =Bassia muricata (L.)Asch.
  • In 1766,Allioni did not give a species name, but from All., Mélanges Philos. Math. Soc. Roy. Turin 3: 9178. (1766) & 5:93 (1770) it seems thatBassia aegyptiaca All. could be interpreted as the base for his genus description .

• Heterotypic (ref.Kadereit & Freitag 2011)
  • Chenoleoides (Ulbr.)Botsch., Botaničeskii Žhurnal (Moscow & Leningrad) 61(10): 1408. (1976)
    • BasionymChenolea sect.ChenoleoidesUlbr., Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Zweite Auflage 16c: 530. (1934)
  • EchinopsilonMoq., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 2, 2: 127. (1834), replacedWillemetiaMaerkl.
  • KirilowiaBunge, Delectus Seminum Horti Botanicus 1843: 7. (1843)
    • Type species: not designated
  • KochiaRoth, Journal für die Botanik 1800(1): 307. (1801)
    • Type species:Kochia arenaria (G.Gaertn.,B.Mey. &Scherb.)Roth
  • LondesiaFisch. &C.A.Mey., Index Seminum [St. Petersburg] 2: 40. (1835 [1836])
    • Type species:Londesia erianthaFisch. &C.A.Mey.
  • PanderiaFisch. &C.A.Mey., Index Seminum [St. Petersburg] 2: 21, 46. (1835 [1836])
    • Type species:Panderia pilosaFisch. &C.A.Mey.
  • WillemetiaMaerkl., Journal für die Botanik 1800 (1): 329. (1801) (nom. illeg., later homonym ofWillemetiaNeck. 1777-1778)
  • BushiolaNieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4:95. (1915),nom. illeg. (nom. superfl., published as nom. nov. forKochiaRoth.)
    • Type species:Bushiola scoparia (L.)Nieuwl.

• Bassia J.Koenig, Mant. Pl. Altera [Linnaeus] 555 (1771),nom. illeg. hom. videMadhuca Ham. ex J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 799. (1791) (Sapotaceae)

• Allioni, C. 1766. Stirpium aliquot descriptiones cum duorum novorum generum constitutione.Mélanges de Philosophie et de Mathématique de la Société Royale de Turin 3: 176–184.BHLReference page. :177, pl. 4
• Allioni, C. 1774. Auctarium ad synopsim methodicam stirpium Horti reg. Taurinensis.Mélanges de Philosophie et de Mathématique de la Société Royale de Turin 5: 53–96.BHL (preprinted in 1773 with own pagination 1–44)Reference page. :93
• Botschantzev, V.P. 1976. New genusChenoleoides (Ulbr.) Botsch. (Chenopodiaceae).Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 61: 1408–1409. [In Russian.]Reference page. 
• Bunge, A.v. 1843. Delectus Seminum quae in horto botanico universitatis caesareae Dorpatensis collecta, pro mutua communicatione offeruntur.Reference page. : 8
• Moquin-Tandon, A. in:Soyer-Willemet, H.F. 1834. Notes sur les genres qui ont recu le nom deWillemetia.Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 2 2: 127–128.BHLReference page. 

• Kadereit, G. &Freitag, H. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for biogeography, evolution of C₄-photosynthesis and taxonomy.Taxon 60(1): 51–78.DOI:10.1002/tax.601006PDF.Reference page. 
• Uotila, P. 2011.Bassia. In: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore).Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
• Zhu, G.,Mosyakin, S.L. &Clemants, S.E. 2004.
• 'eFloras 2008.Bassia (Amaranthaceae) inFlora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Zhu, G.,Mosyakin, S.L. &Clemants, S.E. 2004.Kochia inFlora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

• Govaerts, R.et al. 2021.Bassia inKew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of theRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug. 19.Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019.Bassia.World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In:Roskovh, Y.,Abucay, L.,Orrell, T.,Nicolson, D.,Bailly, N.,Kirk, P.,Bourgoin, T.,DeWalt, R.E.,Decock, W.,De Wever, A.,Nieukerken, E. van,Zarucchi, J. &Penev, L., eds. 2019.Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Nov. 27.Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019.Bassia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 27 2019.Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2019.Bassia (Amaranthaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Nov. 2019.
• GBIF.Bassia

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