Suaeda
Suaeda, Onomat. Bot. Compl. 8: 797. 1776, nom. cons., sec. Kapralov & al. 2006
- Type: Suaeda vera
- =Alexandra in Linnaea 17: 120. 1843 syn. sec. Kapralov & al. 2006
- Type: Alexandra lehmannii
- =Brezia, Prodr. 13(2): 47. 1849 syn. sec. Kühn 1993
- Type: Brezia heterophylla
- =Calvelia, Prodr. 13(2): 47. 1849 syn. sec. Kühn 1993
- Type: Calvelia pterantha
- =Helicilla, Prodr. 13(2): 47, 169. 1849 syn. sec. Kapralov & al. 2006
- Type: Helicilla altissima
- =Borsczowia in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 643. 1877 syn. sec. Kapralov & al. 2006
- Type: Borsczowia aralocaspica
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Molecular phylogenetic studies clearly show that Alexandra and Borsczowia should be included in a monophyletic Suaeda (Kapralov & al. 2006), despite the arguments by Lomonosova & Freitag (2011), who prefer a paraphyletic Suaeda by keeping Alexandra as a separate genus. The study by Schütze & al. (2003) is currently the most comprehensive molecular and morphological study of the genus. The pollen morphology of Suaeda was studied by Dehghani & Akhani (2009).