Horaninovia
Horaninovia anomala named as Salsola anomala in Eichwald
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Horaninovia
Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

Horaninovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1] It also belongs to the tribe Salsoleae as well as in the subfamily Salsoloideae.[2]

They are herbaceous annuals, with dichotomous (forked into two equal branches) or opposite arranged branches. They have opposite or alternate spaced leaves which are acicular (slender or needle-shaped) or terete (circular in cross-section) and have a widened base. It has either solitary flowers or they are clustered in glomerules (groups) at the leaf axils (joints). The flowers have a 4 or parted perianth, with the segments being broadly ovate or oblong shaped. They are membranous or leathery in form. It has a cupular disk (of petals), with semi-orbicular lobes. In-between the lobes of the disk are stamens (5 in total). The anthers are cylindrical to broadly elliptic in shape, with or without an awn-like appendage. It has a very short style and the stigma is capitulate and 2- or 3-lobed. It has depressed globose shaped seed.[3]

Its native range is from Iran to Xinjiang (in China). It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Xinjiang.[1]

The genus name of Horaninovia is in honour of Pavel Gorianinov (1796–1866), a Russian botanist with an interest on fungus and ferns and was a professor at the medical academy in Saint Petersburg,[4] and it was first described and published in Enum. Pl. Nov. Vol.1 on page 10 in 1841.[1]

Known species:[1]

  • Horaninovia anomala (C.A.Mey.) Moq.
  • Horaninovia capitata Sukhor.
  • Horaninovia excellens (Iljin) Iljin
  • Horaninovia minor Schrenk
  • Horaninovia platyptera Charif & Aellen
  • Horaninovia pungens (Gilli) Botsch.
  • Horaninovia ulicina Fisch. & C.A.Mey

Horaninovia ulicina is the type species,[5] it is found on sand dunes in Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Arthrophytum Schrenk | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  2. ↑ Schüssler, Christina; Freitag, Helmut; Koteyeva, Nuria; Schmidt, Denise; Edwards, Gerald; Voznesenskaya, Elena; Kadereit, Gudrun (1 January 2017). "Molecular phylogeny and forms of photosynthesis in tribe Salsoleae (Chenopodiaceae)". Journal of Experimental Botany. 68 (2): 207–223. doi:10.1093/jxb/erw432. PMC 5853613. PMID 28003310.
  3. ↑ "Horaninovia in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  5. ↑ Rudolf Mansfeld Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops, 2001, p. 260, at Google Books
  6. ↑ "Horaninovia ulicina in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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