Agathophora

Agathophora alopecuroides is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is a subshrub or shrub native to northern Africa and west Asia, ranging from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.[1] It is the sole species in genus Agathophora.[2]

Agathophora
Illustration from the protologue of the basionym, Agathophora alopecurioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Agathophora
(Fenzl) Bunge (1862)
Species:
A. alopecuroides
Binomial name
Agathophora alopecuroides
(Delile) Fenzl ex Bunge (1862)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anabasis alopecuroides (Delile) Moq. (1849)
  • Halogeton alopecuroides (Delile) Moq. (1840)
  • Halogeton alopecuroides var. laevis Maire (1962), not validly publ.
  • Salsola alopecurioides Delile (1813)

References
  1. "Agathophora alopecuroides (Delile) Fenzl ex Bunge | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  2. "Agathophora (Fenzl) Bunge | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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