Caroxylon zeyheri Moq., 1849

Mucina, Ladislav, 2017, Caroxylon (Chenopodiaceae s. str.) in continental southern Africa and Madagascar: a preliminary nomenclatural synopsis and biogeographical considerations, Phytotaxa 312 (2), pp. 151-178 : 171

93. Caroxylon zeyheri Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13, 2: 176 (1849)

≡ Salsola zeyheri (Moq.) Bunge in Mém. Acad. Sci. Petersb. VII. 27 (8): 13 (1880) ( Fig. 1 , D).

Type:― SOUTH AFRICA. Boschjemanland [ Namaqualand today]: Bitterfontein, kalksteinhaltige Hügel und karrooartige Niederungen, reichhaltig and Salzpflanzen, 3000–4000 ft, Zeyher 1447 planta alternifolia (lectotype: L, designated by Botschantzev 1974a: 603 ; isolectotypes: K 000243938! , K 000243937! , NBG-SAM0043483-0! , PRE 0375574-0!) .

‒ Salsola zeyheri (Moq.) Benth. & Hook. ex Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5, App. 3: 62 (1897), isonym (Art. 6.3 Note2 of ICN).

Notes: ―The type locality clearly refers to Namaqualand that was considered part of Bushmanland at the time of collection.

Distribution: ― Namibia: Sperrgebiet, Lüderitzbucht, and southern Karas region ; South Africa ( WC, NC): Knersvlakte, Namaqualand , Bushmanland .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Representative taxa of the genus Caroxylon from southern Africa.A: C. tetramerum, SouthAfrica, Knersvlakte, Moedverloor NR near Lutzville, local endemic of the quartz patches; B: C. verdoorniae, South Africa, Little Karoo, Groot Phesantefontein, local endemic of the quartz patches; C: C. contrariifolia, South Africa, Knersvlakte, loamy, shale-derived soil supporting succulent scrub, Lankverwag Farm near Vanrhynsdorp (inset: detail of fertile branch); D: C. zeyheri, South Africa, Knersvlakte, gannabosveld (succulent scrub dominated by gannabos, vernacular name for Salsola/Caroxylon) near Vanrhynsdorp; E: C. etoshensis, Namibia, Etosha National Parl, Okaukuejo, saline calcrete flats along edges of the large Etosha Pan; F: C. divaricatum, SouthAfrica, Olifants River mouth, supratidal saline flats fringing an old estuary system; G: C. nollothensis, South Africa, Namaqualand, Port Nolloth, McDougalls Bay, shell-rich coastal dunes.All photos by L. Mucina.