Caroxylon verdoorniae (Toelken) Mucina, 2017

Mucina, Ladislav, 2017, Caroxylon (Chenopodiaceae s. str.) in continental southern Africa and Madagascar: a preliminary nomenclatural synopsis and biogeographical considerations, Phytotaxa 312 (2), pp. 151-178 : 171

91. Caroxylon verdoorniae (Toelken) Mucina comb. nov. ( Fig. 1 , B)

Basionym:― Salsola verdoorniae Toelken in Journal of South African Botany 39: 233, Fig. 1 (1973).

Type:― SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Prov. [ Western Cape Prov.]: 3321CC , Dist. Ladismith, Farm Springfontein, 11 December 1968, Tölken 1656 (holotype BOL non vidi ; probably lost ; C. Klak ( BOL) pers. comm.) ; isotype LE-00011933!) .

‒ Salsola eragrostioides C.A.Sm. , in schedis (W.F. Barker 9942 NBG-81685!).

Distribution: ―South Africa (WC): Western Little Karoo.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Representative taxa of the genus Caroxylon from southern Africa.A: C. tetramerum, SouthAfrica, Knersvlakte, Moedverloor NR near Lutzville, local endemic of the quartz patches; B: C. verdoorniae, South Africa, Little Karoo, Groot Phesantefontein, local endemic of the quartz patches; C: C. contrariifolia, South Africa, Knersvlakte, loamy, shale-derived soil supporting succulent scrub, Lankverwag Farm near Vanrhynsdorp (inset: detail of fertile branch); D: C. zeyheri, South Africa, Knersvlakte, gannabosveld (succulent scrub dominated by gannabos, vernacular name for Salsola/Caroxylon) near Vanrhynsdorp; E: C. etoshensis, Namibia, Etosha National Parl, Okaukuejo, saline calcrete flats along edges of the large Etosha Pan; F: C. divaricatum, SouthAfrica, Olifants River mouth, supratidal saline flats fringing an old estuary system; G: C. nollothensis, South Africa, Namaqualand, Port Nolloth, McDougalls Bay, shell-rich coastal dunes.All photos by L. Mucina.