Piptoptera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Salsoloideae
Tribus: Caroxyleae
Genus: Piptoptera

Species: P. turkestana
Name

Piptoptera Bunge, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 644. (1877)

Type: Piptoptera turkestana Bunge

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Western Asia
Afghanistan (Samangan), C-Iran

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References
Primary references

Bunge, A.v. 1877. Salsolacearum novarum in Turkestania indigenarum descriptiones. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada. (Acta Horti Petropolitani. St. Petersburg) 5,2: 642–646. BHL Reference page. : 644

Additional references

Akhani, H., Edwards, G. & Roalson, E.H. 2007. Diversification of the Old World Salsoleae s.l. (Chenopodiaceae): Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Nuclear and Chloroplast Data Sets and a Revised Classification. International Journal of Plant Sciences 168(6): 931–956. DOI: 10.1086/518263 ResearchGate Reference page.
Hedge, I.C. 1997. Piptoptera. In:
Hedge, I.C., Akhani, H., Freitag, H., Kothe-Heinrich, G., Podlech, D., Rilke, S. & Uotila, P. 1997. Chenopodiaceae. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.): Flora Iranica Vol. 172. 371 pp., 212 tab., Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz. Reference page. : 342.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Piptoptera. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Piptoptera. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 09 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Piptoptera in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 09. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Piptoptera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 09.

Piptoptera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. The only species is Piptoptera turkestana.[1]

Its native range is Iran to Central Asia and Afghanistan.[1]
References

"Piptoptera Bunge | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.