Anabasis
Anabasis, Sp. Pl.: 223. 1753 sec. Kühn 19931
- Type: Anabasis aphylla
- =Brachylepis, Icon. Pl. 1: 12. 1829 syn. sec. Kühn 19932
- Type: Brachylepis salsa
- =Fredolia in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 16c: 451, 578. 1934 syn. sec. Kühn 19933
- Type: Fredolia aretioides
- =Esfandiaria in Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel 63: 262. 1952 syn. sec. Kühn 19934
- Type: Esfandiaria calcarea
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A diverse genus within the Salsoleae s.str. (Akhani & al. 2007) distributed throughout North African and Eurasian steppes, semi deserts and deserts. The genus evolved some extremely drought tolerant species, e.g. A. calcarea (Charif & Aellen) Bokhari & Wendelbo, showing anatomical and morphological adaptations to drought such as stunted growth-forms, reduced leaves, central water storage tissues and a multi-layered epidermis (Bokhari & Wendelbo 1978). The fruit anatomy of the genus was studied by Sukhorukov (2008).