Salsola imbricata var. hirtitepala, Freitag, 2001

Falatoury, Atiye Nejad, Iamonico, Duilio & Freitag, Helmut, 2017, Nomenclature of Caroxylon imbricatum s. lat. (Amaranthaceae / Chenopodiaceae), with a new combination at variety rank, Phytotaxa 331 (1), pp. 101-108 : 104

Salsola imbricata var. hirtitepala

This variety described by Freitag (2001: 160) from Pakistan (southern Baluchistan) differs in having long spinulose hairs covering the tepal back, and distinctly unequal wings. No combination under Caroxylon was available for this variety; here we transfer it to Caroxylon . Freitag (l.c.) already stated that his taxon might deserve species rank. However, further studies including sequence data are needed to verify the correct rank of this taxon.

1 Probably these two locations could be explained in a way that Delile collected himself at the first place, and the officer brought him material of the same species from the second location.