Kalidium

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Kalidium

Kalidium Moq. in Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 46, 146. 1849 sec. Kühn 19931
  • 1. Kühn, U. 1993: Chenopodiaceae, pp. 253-281. – In: Kubitzki, K., Rohwer, J.G. & Bittrich, V. (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2. – Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer
  • 2. Kühn, U. 1993: Chenopodiaceae, pp. 253-281. – In: Kubitzki, K., Rohwer, J.G. & Bittrich, V. (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2. – Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer

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This genus belongs to the Salicornioideae and comprises five perennial halophytic species that are distributed in Central and southwestern Asia as well as southern and southeasternmost Europe. The monophyly of Kalidium is only weakly supported by molecular data (Kadereit & al. 2006).