Krascheninnikovia ceratoides, the Pamirian winterfat,[2] is a plant species native to Central Europe and Southern Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia.[3] It has been reported from Russia, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Romania.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
| Krascheninnikovia ceratoides | |
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| Krascheninnikovia ceratoides in Austria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Krascheninnikovia |
| Species: | K. ceratoides
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| Krascheninnikovia ceratoides (L.) Gueldenst.
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Krascheninnikovia ceratoides is a shrub up to 100 cm tall, appearing whitish because of a thick layer of finely branched hairs. Leaves are highly variable in shape, up to 25 mm long.The flowers are tiny, covered with long silky hairs, borne in axillary clusters and a terminal raceme; staminate (male, pollen-producing) and pistillate (female, seed-producing) organs are in different flowers on the same plant. The fruit is egg-shaped, about 3 mm long, with 4 angles and 2 horns.[3][11]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List
- ^ NRCS. "Krascheninnikovia ceratoides". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ a b Flora of Pakistan V 204.
- ^ Flora of Romania, Endangered Species of Transylvania
- ^ Meyer, Carl Anton (Andreevič) von. 1833. Flora Altaica 4: 239–240.
- ^ Flora Silvestre del Mediterráneo, Krascheninnikovia ceratoides
- ^ Czech Botany
- ^ Virtual Guide to the Flora of Mongolia
- ^ Gobierno de Aragón, Catálogo de Especies Amaenazadas de Aragón, Krascheninnikovia ceratoides
- ^ Walter Wucherer, Liliya A. Dimeyeva. 2012. Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert: The Desiccated Floor of the Aral Sea (Central Asia). Springer Verlag.
- ^ Gueldenstaedt, Anton Johann von. 1772. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperalis Petropolitanae 16: 548, 555.