Bienertia

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Bienertia

Bienertia Bunge ex Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4(2): 945. 1879 sec. Kühn 19931

• Type: Bienertia cycloptera Bunge

• 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 & New York: Springer

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The genus comprises three species that grow in temporarily wet saline habitats in Iran and surrounding countries (Akhani & al. 2005, 2012). The discovery of Akhani & al. (1997) and Freitag & Stichler (2002) that B. cycloptera Bunge is a C₄ plant without Kranz tissues triggered a large number of physiological, biochemical, and genetic studies investigating C₄ photosynthesis in this genus (Akhani & al. 2009).