Saltia papposa

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.

Saltia papposa
Illustration of Saltia papposa in 1860
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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.
  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.
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