Ammopiptanthus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Thermopsideae
Genus: Ammopiptanthus
Species: A. mongolicus - A. nanus
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ammopiptanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 20. Reference page.

Name

Ammopiptanthus S.H.Cheng, 1959
Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Cheng, S.H., 1959. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 44: 1381

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ammopiptanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 06. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Ammopiptanthus. Published online. Accessed: Jun 06 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Ammopiptanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 06.
Hassler, M. 2021. Ammopiptanthus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jun 06. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Ammopiptanthus. Accessed: 06 Jun 2021.

Vernacular names

The genus Ammopiptanthus, endemic to the eastern desert of Central Asia, includes two species: A. mongolicus (Maxim.) Cheng f. and A. nanus (M. Pop.) Cheng f.

Ammopiptanthus is the only genus of evergreen broadleaf shrub in the northwest desert of China and both species are dominant in the local vegetation, so this genus plays an important role in fixing moving sands and delaying further desertification. The biological property of Ammopiptanthus evergreen broadleaf has been viewed as an ancestral trait that identifies it as a Tertiary relict taxon. The vegetation in northwest China was dominated by evergreen and/or deciduous broadleaf forests in the early Tertiary period according to the fossil evidence. When subsequent changes made the climate colder and drier from the early Miocene (24–16 Ma) in Central Asia, the forests were gradually replaced by steppe and then by desert. Today, their habitats are stony and/or sandy deserts where the climate is arid (annual precipitation ranges from 100–160 mm) and the temperature varies from below -30 °C in the winter to +40 °C in the summer. Because of low seed germination rates in the harsh environments and increasing anthropogenic pressures in their natural range, both A. mongolicus and A. nanus have been categorized as 'endangered' species. As a relict survivor of the evergreen broadleaf forest in this region from the Tertiary period, Ammopiptanthus has acquired the strong ability to adapt to the dry and extremely cold environments. The characteristics described above have recently attracted scientific attention to their anatomy, cold and drought stress resistance, and genetic diversity and geographic differentiation.[1]
Ammopiptanthus mongolicus.JPG
Species

Ammopiptanthus comprises the following species:[2][3][4]

Ammopiptanthus mongolicus (Kom.) S.H. Cheng
Ammopiptanthus nanus (Popov) S.H. Cheng

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved:[4]

Ammopiptanthus kamelinii Lazkov

References

Liu, Meiqin; Shi, Jing; Lu, Cunfu (2013-01-01). "Identification of stress-responsive genes in Ammopiptanthus mongolicus using ESTs generated from cold- and drought-stressed seedlings". BMC Plant Biology. 13: 88. doi:10.1186/1471-2229-13-88. ISSN 1471-2229. PMC 3679971. PMID 23734749.
"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Ammopiptanthus". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Ammopiptanthus". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
"The Plant List entry for Ammopiptanthus". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2014.