Suaeda aralocaspica
| Suaeda aralocaspica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Suaedoideae |
| Genus: | Suaeda |
| Species: | S. aralocaspica |
| Binomial name | |
| Suaeda aralocaspica | |
| Synonyms | |
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Borszczowia aralocaspica | |
Suaeda aralocaspica is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae that is restricted to the deserts of central Asia. It is a halophyte and uses C4 carbon fixation but lacks the characteristic leaf anatomy of other C4 plants. It is monoecious, annual and grows to a height of between 20 cm and 50 cm. It flowers in August, producing seeds of two different sizes that differ in their morphology, dormancy and germination characteristics.[1]
The species was formerly classified in its own genus Borszczowia, which is now treated as section within genus Suaeda.[2]
References
- ↑ Wang, L; Huang, Z; Baskin, CC; Baskin, JM; Dong, M (2008-09-03). "Germination of Dimorphic Seeds of the Desert Annual Halophyte Suaeda aralocaspica (Chenopodiaceae), a C4 Plant without Kranz Anatomy". Ann. Bot. 102 (5): 757–69. doi:10.1093/aob/mcn158. PMC 2712381. PMID 18772148. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
- ↑ Schütze, P.; Freitag, H.; Weising, K. (2003). "An integrated molecular and morphological study of the subfamily Suaedoideae Ulbr. (Chenopodiaceae)". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 239 (3–4): 257–286. doi:10.1007/s00606-003-0013-2. ISSN 0378-2697.
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