''Camphorosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae ( ) is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus '' Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, maki ...
, found in northern Africa, southern and eastern Europe, Crimea, Russia, Anatolia, the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, the Altai, western Siberia, Xinjiang in China, and Mongolia.
Annuals or subshrubs, they can be distinguished from closely related taxa such as ''
Bassia
''Bassia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. They are distributed in the western Mediterranean to eastern Asia. Some occur outside their native ranges as introduced species.
Description
The species of genus ''Bassia'' ...
'' by their flattened perianths which have four lobes, inflorescences with multicellular glandular hairs, a distinct
C4 leaf anatomy type (called the ''Camphorosma'' type), and a chromosome count of 2n = 12.
Species
Currently accepted species include:
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Camphorosma annua''
Pall.
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Camphorosma monspeliaca
''Camphorosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae ( ) is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus '' Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefo ...
''
L.
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Camphorosma persepolitana''
Gand.
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Camphorosma polygama''
Bunge ex Boiss.
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Camphorosma songorica''
Bunge
References
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Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae genera