Haloxylon
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Haloxylon n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – the saxauls, which grow in sandy environments from Egypt to western China.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Amaranthaceae - family; Salsoloideae - subfamily; Salsoleae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (saxaul): Haloxylon ammodendron (black saxaul) - type species; Haloxylon persicum white saxaul – selected other species
References
- Haloxylon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Haloxylon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Haloxylon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Haloxylon at the Catalogue of Life
- Haloxylon at Encyclopedia of Life
- Haloxylon at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Amaranthaceae at APWeb
- Haloxylon at The Plant List
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