Halothamnus

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Halothamnus

Halothamnus Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 2: 50. 1845 sec. Kothe-Heinrich 19931

• Type: Halothamnus bottae Jaub. & Spach

• 1. Kothe-Heinrich, G. 1993: Revision der Gattung Halothamnus (Chenopodiaceae). – Biblioth. Bot. Heft 143. – Stuttgart: Sweizerbarth

• =Aellenia Ulbr. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 16c: 567. 1934 syn. sec. Kühn 19932
• Type: not designated

• 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 & New York: Springer

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Halothamnus belongs to Salsoleae s.str. and is likely monophyletic (Akhani & al. 2007). The genus comprises 21 species, most of which are small shrubs or subshrubs, only two species are annuals. It is found from Somalia in the West to Kazakhstan in the East in desert and semi-desert habitats (Kothe-Heinrich 1993).