Amaranthaceae
Suaeda

Suaeda aegyptiaca (Hasselq.) Zohary

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 635 (1957)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tunisia to Iran and Somalia, S. Afghanistan to SW. Pakistan. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen

Introduced into:

South Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 2: 1-429. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Freitag, H. & al. (2001). Flora of Pakistan 204: 1-217. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • George, A.S. & Menadue, M. (eds.) (1984). Flora of Australia 4: 1-354. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. & Edmandson, J.R. (eds.) (2016). Flora of Iraq 5(1): 1-284. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Hedge, I.C., Akhani, H., Freitag, H., Kothe-Heinrich, G., Podlech, D., Rilke, S. & Uotila, P. (1997). Flora Iranica 172: 1-371. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora of Cyprus 2: 833-1970. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Iraq

  • Akhani & Podlech, Fl. Iranica 172: 135 (1997)
  • Assadi in Fl. Iran 38: 200 (2001)
  • Boulos in Fl. Arab. Penins. Socotra 1: 256 (1996)
  • Boulos, Fl. Egypt 1: 112 (1999)
  • Freitag et al. in Fl. Pak. 204: 118 (2001)
  • Ghazanfar, Fl. Oman 1: 43 (2003).
  • Zohary in J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 55: 635 (1957)
  • Zohary, Fl. Palaest. 1: 161 (1966)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.7320/FlMedit31.031. epublication.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • Daoud, H.S. in Al-Rawi, A. (1985). Flora of Kuwait 1: 1-224. Alden Press Ltd., U.K.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 2: 1-429. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Freitag, H. & al. (2001). Flora of Pakistan 204: 1-217. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • George, A.S. & Menadue, M. (eds.) (1984). Flora of Australia 4: 1-354. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. & Edmandson, J.R. (eds.) (2016). Flora of Iraq 5(1): 1-284. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora of Cyprus 2: 833-1970. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by I. Friis & M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Davis, P.H. [7844A] Egypt K005394455 Yes
Heller, T.M.; Borosova, R.; El-Keblawy, A. [TMH171b] United Arab Emirates K005394428 Yes
Davis, P.H. [7844A] Egypt K005394456 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [1711] Egypt K005394448 Yes
[D. Etenden] [642] K005394444 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Egypt K005394470 Yes
Shabetai, J.R. [77] Egypt K005394466 Yes
Letourneux, A. [297] Egypt K005394449 Yes
Davis, P.H. [7294] Egypt K005394446 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [1365] Egypt K005394447 Yes
Borosova, R.; El-Keblawy, A.; Heller, T.M. [RB149] United Arab Emirates K005394440 Yes
Monier Abd El Ghani [1044] Egypt K005394457 Yes
s.coll. [154] Egypt K005394467 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Egypt K005394443 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A. [4005] Oman K005394433 Yes
Boulos, L. [s.n.] Egypt K005394451 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [742] Egypt K005394468 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [1507] Saudi Arabia K005394432 Yes
Muschler, R. (Dr.) [s.n.] Egypt K005394464 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [1378] Egypt K005394459 Yes
Ghazanfar, S.A. [SG4309] United Arab Emirates K005394438 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Egypt K005394469 Yes
Muschler, R. (Dr.) [s.n.] Egypt K005394452 Yes
Jennings, E.A. [s.n.] Yemen K005394471 Yes
Bisset, E. [215] Yemen K005394435 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [3383] Egypt K005394462 Yes
Parlatore [s.n.] Egypt K005394445 Yes
Ghazanfar, S.A. [SG4347] United Arab Emirates K005394437 Yes
Muschler, R. (Dr.) [s.n.] Egypt K005394463 Yes
Newton, C.; Boulos, L. [s.n.] Egypt K005394450 Yes
Keller, A. [188] Egypt K005394442 Yes
Davis, P.H. [7199] Egypt K005394454 Yes
Khattab [P1661] Egypt K005394460 Yes
Muschler, R. (Dr.) [s.n.] Egypt K005394453 Yes
Monier Abd El Ghani [6277] Egypt K005394465 Yes
Sieber [s.n.] Egypt K005394441 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [3481] Egypt K005394461 Yes
Sanadiki, N. [52] Yemen K005394434 Yes
Cope, T.A. [49] Oman K005394431 Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images