Kali

Brullo, Cristian, Brullo, Salvatore, Ilardi, Vincenzo & Galdo, Gianpietro Giusso Del, 2015, Kali dodecanesicum (Chenopodiaceae, Salsoloideae) a new species from Greece, Phytotaxa 218 (1), pp. 61-68 : 67

Key to the species of Kali from Mediterranean area:―It follows:

1 Fruiting perianth 3.0− 4.5 mm in diameter, with wings lightly developed, 0.2–1 mm wide, persistent in dry plant.........................2

- Fruiting perianth 4.5−10(−13) mm in diameter, with wings well developed, usually (1−) 2−4.5mm wide, easily detached in the dry plant....................................................................................................................................................................................................3

2 Plant yellowish-green, prostrate, with branches prostrate–ascending, perianth 2.5−3.0 mm long, anthers 2 mm long, fruiting perianth 4.0− 4.5 in diameter with wings 0.5−1.0 mm wide......................................................................................... K. dodecanesicum

- Plant green to green-glaucous (often tinged with reddish), erect with branches ascending, perianth 2.0− 2.2 mm long, anthers 0.8−1.4 mm long, fruiting perianth 3.0− 3.5 in diameter with wings 0.2−0.4 mm wide or with tubercles only (at least in Israel) ..... .......................................................................................................................................................................................... K. ponticum

3 Plant prostrate, tepals acuminate at apex, conus of fruiting perianth stiff........................................................................ K. turgidum

- Plant erect, tepals rounded and incise at apex, conus of fruiting perianth not stiff............................................................................4

4 Leaves flexuous, 0.5−1.0 mm wide, with terminal spine max 1 mm long, stamen filament 4.5−5.0 mm long, anthers 1.5−1.8 mm long, fruiting perianth 4.5−6. mm in diameter, with wings 2.0− 2.5 mm wide ............................................................. K. basalticum

- Leaves rigid, 1–3 mm wide, with terminal spine up to 2.2 mm long, stamen filament max 3.5 mm long, anthers 0.8−1.4 mm long, fruiting perianth 6.0−10(−13) mm in diameter, with wings 2.5−4.5 mm wide..................................................................... K. tragus