Afrosalsola divaricata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Afrosalsola divaricata (Masson ex Link) Akhani, Medit. Bot. 45(2)-e94654: 2 (2024).

Lectotype: (designated in Akhani, Abdullahi & Rudov, 2024), selected by H. Freitag 20.7.2001, (in sched.): Tenerife, 1778, leg. F. Masson s.n., (BM BM00059332).

Basionym
- Salsola divaricata Masson ex Link, Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins. [Buch] 141. (1825)

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northern Africa Morocco, Western Sahara Macaronesia Canary Islands (La Palma Isl., La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote) West Tropical Africa Mauritania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Akhani, H., Abdullahi, H. & Rudov, A. 2024. Afrosalsola (Amaranthaceae-Chenopodiaceae), an intermediate C3-C4 lineage from NW Africa and the Canary Islands, and some new combinations in African species of Caroxylon and Soda. Mediterranean Botany 45(2), e94654. DOI: 10.5209/mbot.94654 Reference page.
Link, J.H.F. 1828 ("1825"). Verzeichniss der wildwachsenden Pflanzen, welche bis jetzt auf den Canarischen Inseln gefunden worden sind. In Buch, C.L.v.: Physicalische Beschreibung der Canarischen Inseln. Berlin: Königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften. Digitalisat at Echo.mpiwg Reference page.

Uotila, P. 2011+. Afrosalsola divaricata. In: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
Padrón Mederos, M.A., Guma, I.R., Santos-Guerra, A. & Reyes-Betancort, J.A. 2009. Genetic resources of Atriplex, Salsola and Suaeda shrubby species from Canary Islands: a taxonomic survey for agronomic purposes: Bocconea 23, Proceedings of the XII Optima Meeting, Pisa, 10-16 September 2007: 253–260.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Afrosalsola divaricata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Afrosalsola divaricata. Published online. Accessed: 21. May 2025. Reference page.