''Sevada schimperi'' is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

belonging to 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 ...

. It is the sole species in genus ''Sevada''. It is a subshrub with a native range from Egypt to northeastern

Tropical Africa The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...

and the

Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula (, , or , , ) or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated north-east of Africa on the Arabian plate. At , comparable in size to India, the Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world. Geographically, the ...

, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q10370797, from2=Q22038873 Amaranthaceae Monotypic Amaranthaceae genera Flora of Djibouti Flora of Egypt Flora of Eritrea Flora of Oman Flora of Saudi Arabia Flora of Socotra Flora of Somalia Flora of Sudan Flora of Yemen Plants described in 1849 Taxa named by Alfred Moquin-Tandon