page_title: Halothamnus subaphyllus
section_title: Taxonomy
hierarchical_section_title: Halothamnus subaphyllus / Taxonomy
caption_attribution_description: Salsola subaphylla C.A.Mey. = Halothamnus subaphyllus (C.A.Mey.) Botsch., from Meyer, C.A.v. 1833. In: Eichwald, K.E.I: Plantarum novarum vel minus cognitarum, quas in itinere Caspio-Caucasico observavit Dr Eduardus Eichwald 2: 34, tab.24.
context_page_description: Halothamnus subaphyllus is a species of the plant genus Halothamnus, that belongs to the subfamily Salsoloideae within the family Amaranthaceae. It occurs in Southwest and Central Asia.
context_section_description: The species has been first described in 1833 by Carl Anton von Meyer as Salsola subaphylla (In: Karl Eduard Eichwald: Plantarum novarum vel minus cognitarum, 2, Leipzig, Voss, p. 34, tab, 24). In 1981, Victor Petrovič Botschantzev included it into the genus Halothamnus (In: Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk SSSR = Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii. Moscow & Leningrad 18, p. 171). Within the genus, it belongs to the section Halothamnus.
  Halothamnus subaphyllus is classified into three subspecies:
  Halothamnus subaphyllus subsp. subaphyllus
  Synonyms:
  Salsola subaphylla  C.Meyer
  Caroxylon subaphyllum (C.Meyer) Moq.
  Salsola subaphylla C.Meyer var. typica Drobov, nom. inval
  Salsola subaphylla C.Meyer subsp. typica (Drobov) Iljin, nom. inval
  Aellenia subaphylla (C.Meyer) Aellen
  Aellenia subaphylla (C.Meyer) Aellen subsp. eu-subaphylla Aellen, nom.inval
  Aellenia subaphylla (C.Meyer) Botsch. ex Aellen, quoad nom.
  Aellenia subaphylla (C.Meyer) Aellen subsp. subaphylla
  Aellenia subaphylla (C.Meyer) Aellen subsp. sabetii Aellen
  Salsola subaphylla C.Meyer var. arenaria Drobov
  Salsola arenaria (Drobov) Iljin, nom. nud
  Salsola subaphylla C.Meyer subsp. arenaria (Drobov) Iljin
  Aellenia subaphylla (C.Meyer) Aellen subsp. turcomanica Aellen
  Aellenia turcomanica (Aellen) Čer.
  Halothamnus subaphyllus subsp. charifii (Aellen) Kothe-Heinr.
  Synonyms:
  Aellenia subaphylla (C.Meyer) Aellen subsp. charifii Aellen
  Aellenia subaphylla (C.Meyer) Aellen subsp. gracilenta Aellen
  Halothamnus subaphylloides Botsch.
  Halothamnus subaphyllus subsp. psammophilus (Botsch.) Kothe-Heinr.
  Synonyms:
  Halothamnus psammophilus Botsch.
caption: Illustration of Halothamnus subaphyllus from the species description by  Carl Anton von Meyer, 1833
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