''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby 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, making i ...
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found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine, Russia, western Asia, Central Asia, India, western and northern China, and Mongolia.
Species
Currently accepted species include:
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Caroxylon abarghuense
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Assadi) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon acocksii''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon adiscum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon adversariifolium
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon aegaeum''
(Rech.f.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon aellenii
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon agrigentinum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Guss.) C.Brullo, Brullo, Giusso, Guarino & Iamonico
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Caroxylon albidum''
(Botsch.) Theodorova
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Caroxylon albisepalum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Aellen) Mucina
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Caroxylon aphyllum
''Caroxylon aphyllum'' (commonly known as the ganna or kanna bush) is a small species of shrub in the family Amaranthaceae.
It grows in the arid Karoo region of southern Africa. It typically grows in deep, dusty, saline soils, in valley bottoms ...
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(L.f.) Tzvelev
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Caroxylon apiciflorum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon apterygeum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon arabicum''
(Botsch.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon araneosum''
(Botsch.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon arboreum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(C.A.Sm. ex Aellen) Mucina
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Caroxylon armatum''
(C.A.Sm. ex Aellen) Mucina
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Caroxylon aroabicum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon atratum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon barbatum''
(Aellen) Mucina
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Caroxylon caffrum''
(Sparrm.) Mucina
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Caroxylon calluna''
(Drège ex C.H.Wright) Theodorova ex Mucina
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Caroxylon campylopterum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon carpathum''
(P.H.Davis) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon cauliflorum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon ceresicum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon chorassanicum''
(Botsch.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon columnare''
(Botsch.) Theodorova
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Caroxylon contrariifolium
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon cryptopterum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Aellen) Mucina
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Caroxylon cyclophyllum''
(Baker) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon dealatum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon decussatum''
(C.A.Sm. ex Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon dendroides
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Pall.) Tzvelev
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Caroxylon denudatum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon dinteri''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon divaricatum''
Moq.
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Caroxylon dolichostigmum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon dzhungaricum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Iljin) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon ericoides''
(M.Bieb.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon esterhuyseniae
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon etoshense''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon exalatum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon forcipitatum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Iljin) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon gaetulum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Maire) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon garubicum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon geminiflorum''
(Fenzl ex C.H.Wright) Mucina
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Caroxylon gemmascens''
(Pall.) Tzvelev
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Caroxylon gemmatum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon gemmiferum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon gemmiparum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon genistoides
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Juss. ex Poir.) Pau
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Caroxylon giessii''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon glabrescens
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Burtt Davy) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon glabrum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon henriciae''
(I.Verd.) Mucina
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Caroxylon hoanibicum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon hottentotticum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon huabicum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon humifusum''
(C.A.Sm. ex A.E.Brueckner) Theodorova
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Caroxylon iljinii''
(Botsch.) Akhani
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Caroxylon imbricatum
''Caroxylon imbricatum'', synonym ''Salsola imbricata'', is a small species of shrub in the family Amaranthaceae. It grows in deserts and arid regions of north Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and southwestern Asia.
Description
''Caroxylon imbrica ...
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(Forssk.) Moq.
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Caroxylon inapertum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon incanescens''
(C.A.Mey.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon inerme''
(Forssk.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon jordanicola''
(Eig) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon kalaharicum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon kleinfonteini''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon koichabicum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon laricinum''
(Pall.) Tzvelev
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Caroxylon littoralis
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Moq.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon marginatum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon melananthum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon merxmuelleri
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Aellen) Mucina
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Caroxylon micrantherum''
(Botsch.) Sukhor.
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Caroxylon microtrichum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon minutifolium
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon mirabile''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon namaqualandicum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon namibicum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon nigrescens''
(C.A.Sm. ex I.Verd.) Mucina
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Caroxylon nitrarium''
(Pall.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon nodulosum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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Moq.
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Caroxylon nollothense
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Aellen) Mucina
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Caroxylon okaukuejense
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon omaruruense
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon orientale''
(S.G.Gmel.) Tzvelev
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Caroxylon parviflorum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon passerinum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Bunge) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon patentipilosum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon pearsonii
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon persicum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Bunge ex Boiss.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon phillipsii
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon pillansii''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon procerum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon ptilopterum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon pulvinatum''
(Botsch.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon rabieanum''
(C.A.Sm. ex I.Verd.) Mucina
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Caroxylon robinsonii''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon roshevitzii''
(Iljin) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon ruschii''
(Aellen) Mucinav
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Caroxylon schreiberae
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon scleranthum''
(C.A.Mey.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon scopiforme
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon seminudum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon sericatum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon seydelii
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon smithii''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon spenceri
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon spinescens
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Moq.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon squarrosulum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon stenopterum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Wagenitz) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon swakopmundi''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon tetragonum''
(Delile) Moq.
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Caroxylon tetramerum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon tetrandrum''
(Forssk.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon tuberculatiforme''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon tuberculatum''
Moq.
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Caroxylon turkestanicum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Litv.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon ugabicum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon unjabicum''
(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon verdoorniae
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Toelken) Mucina
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Caroxylon vermiculatum
''Caroxylon vermiculatum'', commonly known as Mediterranean saltwort, is a perennial plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It has many synonyms, including ''Salsola vermiculata'' and ''Nitrosalsola vermiculata''. It is native to arid and semi-arid re ...
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(L.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon villosum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Schult.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon volkensii
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Schweinf. & Asch.) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon warmbadicum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Botsch.) Mucina
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Caroxylon yazdianum
''Caroxylon'' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine ...
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(Assadi) Akhani & Roalson
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Caroxylon zeyheri''
Moq.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q17377591
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae genera