Anabasis (plant)
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Anabasis is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of the family Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae
The flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, contains about 176 genera and 2,400 species.- Description :Most of these species are herbs or subshrubs; very few are trees or climbers. Some species are succulent....

 (formerly treated as family Chenopodiaceae).

Systematics

The genus name Anabasis was published in 1753 by Carl von Linné in Species Plantarum
Species Plantarum
Species Plantarum was first published in 1753, as a two-volume work by Carl Linnaeus. Its prime importance is perhaps that it is the primary starting point of plant nomenclature as it exists today. This means that the first names to be considered validly published in botany are those that appear...

. Type species is Anabasis aphylla L.

The genus Anabasis belongs to Tribus
Tribus
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 Salsoleae s.s., in the subfamily Salsoloideae
Salsoloideae
The Salsoloideae is a subfamily of the Amaranthaceae, formerly in family Chenopodiaceae.- Description :These are herbs, subshrubs, shrubs and some trees. Stems and leaves are often succulent. The ovary contains a spiral embryo....

 of the family Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae
The flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, contains about 176 genera and 2,400 species.- Description :Most of these species are herbs or subshrubs; very few are trees or climbers. Some species are succulent....

. According to Akhani et al. (2007), the genus has 29 species:
  • Anabasis aphylla L.
  • Anabasis aretioides Moq. & Coss.
  • Anabasis articulata (Forssk.) Moq.
  • Anabasis brevifolia C. A. Mey.
  • Anabasis brachiata Fisch. & C. A. Mey.
  • Anabasis calcarea (Charif & Aellen) Bokhari & Wendelbo
  • Anabasis cretacea Pall.
  • Anabasis ebracteolata Korov. ex Botsch.
  • Anabasis ehrenbergii Schweinf. ex Boiss.
  • Anabasis elatior (C. A. Mey.) Schrenk
  • Anabasis eriopoda (Schrenk) Benth. ex Volkens
  • Anabasis eugeniae Iljin
  • Anabasis ferganica Drob.
  • Anabasis gypsicola Iljin
  • Anabasis haussknechtii Bunge ex Boiss.
  • Anabasis iranica Iljin
  • Anabasis jaxartica (Bunge) Benth. ex Volkens
  • Anabasis lachnantha Aellen & Rech. f.
  • Anabasis macroptera Moq.
  • Anabasis oropediorum Maire
  • Anabasis paucifolia M. Pop. ex Iljin
  • Anabasis pelliotii Danguy
  • Anabasis prostrata Pomel.
  • Anabasis salsa (C. A. Mey.) Benth. ex Volkens
  • Anabasis syriaca Iljin
  • Anabasis tianschanica Botsch.
  • Anabasis truncata (Schrenk) Bunge
  • Anabasis turgaica Iljin & Krasch.
  • Anabasis turkestanica Iljin & Korov.

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