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Halothamnus somalensis

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Identification
Halothamnus somalensis (N.E.Br.) Botsch. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Salsola bottae (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Salsola bottae
  • Salsola somalensis
  • Halothamnus somalensis

Flora

Entry for HALOTHAMNUS somalensis (N. E. Br.) Botsch. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by I. Friis & M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
HALOTHAMNUS somalensis (N. E. Br.) Botsch. [family ], (1981);. type: N Somalia, without specific locality, Drake-Brockman 484 (K holo.).
Salsola somalensis N. E. Br. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], (1909);. type: N Somalia, without specific locality, Drake-Brockman 484 (K holo.).
Salsola bottae Franch. var. faurotii [family CHENOPODIACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1: 134 (1887).
Salsola bottae Chiov. var. farinulenta [family CHENOPODIACEAE], in Annali di Bot. 9: 131 (1911);. type: Ethiopia/Somalia border, Webe Shebele (Webi) R., Robecchi-Bricchetti 443/303 (FT holo.).
Information
Shrublet to 50 cm high, glabrous throughout; stems glaucous, divaricate to erect, longitudinally wrinkled and often darkening when dried. Leaves scale-like, 1–1.5 mm long, ± appressed to stem except for tip. Flowers solitary; bracteoles ovate, 1–2 mm long. Perianth-segments lanceolate, 3.5–4 mm long, margins narrowly scarious, lower 1/3 brownish, sharply delimited from upper green part; filaments c. 2.5 mm long, anthers linear, c. 2.2 mm long; style c. 1.5 mm long. Fruiting perianth strongly accrescent to 6 mm long with conspicuous transverse orbicular wing 3–5 mm diam. from junction between the green, herbaceous part and the brown, indurated part, very pale brown, scarious with numerous parallel veins.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1
Altitude range
15–1550 m
Distribution
SOMALIA Friis & al. 4748; Gillett 4760; Gillett, Hemming & Watson 22106.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Notes
Afmadobeye, dankup, gosomadowbeye, mirrow (Som.). The vernacular name Gosomadowbeye (of goso = molar teeth, madow = black) refers to the fact observed by many collectors that the plant stains lips and teeth black when chewed or eaten. Many collections have previously been misidentified as H. bottae Jaub. & Spach (Salsola b. (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss.), an Arabian species with non-glaucous, often ± recurved stems and spreading or recurved leaves.

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