Camphorosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae,[3][4] 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.[2] Annuals or subshrubs, they can be distinguished from closely related taxa such as 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.[5][6]
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| Camphorosma annua | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Camphorosmoideae |
| Tribe: | Camphorosmeae |
| Genus: | Camphorosma L.[1] |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Species edit
Currently accepted species include:[2]
- Camphorosma annua Pall.
- Camphorosma monspeliaca L.
- Camphorosma persepolitana Gand.
- Camphorosma polygama Bunge ex Boiss.
- Camphorosma songorica Bunge
References edit
- ^ Sp. Pl.: 122 (1753)
- ^ a b c "Camphorosma L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Camphorosma — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "Tropicos | Name - Camphorosma L." legacy.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ Kadereit, Gudrun; Freitag, Helmut (2011). "Molecular phylogeny of Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for biogeography, evolution of C4-photosynthesis and taxonomy". Taxon. 60: 51–78. doi:10.1002/tax.601006.
- ^ Freitag, Helmut; Kadereit, Gudrun (2014). "C3 and C4 leaf anatomy types in Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae)". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 300 (4): 665–687. doi:10.1007/s00606-013-0912-9. S2CID 7598987.