Amaranthaceae
Suaeda

Suaeda monoica Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.

First published in Onomat. Bot. Compl. 8: 798 (1776)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Syria to S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to India, Sri Lanka. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon-Syria, Mozambique, Namibia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast

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.
  • Brenan, J.P.M. (1954). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Chenopodiaceae: 1-26.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1988). Flora Zambesiaca 9(1): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Brenan, J.P.M. (1954). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Chenopodiaceae: 1-26.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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?
Jul 18, 1989 Ehremberg, C.G. [s.n.] K000899734 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rawi, A. [15036] Iraq K005394161 Yes
[R. N. Munro] [58] Somalia K005205165 Yes
Gabrielith, R. (Miss) [s.n.] Jordan K005394126 Yes
Burt, J.; Dovy, T. [2799b] K005394133 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [11049] Djibouti K005205149 Yes
s.coll. [11] K005394144 Yes
Gomes e Sousa, A. [4839] Mozambique K005205280 Yes
Glover, P.E.; Gilliland [583] Somalia K005205173 Yes
IECAMA [BH-69] Ethiopia K005205143 Yes
s.coll. [113] Yemen K005394159 Yes
Naegelé, A. [[DJI/78-32]] Djibouti K005205150 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Somalia K005205169 Yes
Morean, R.E.; Simpson, N.D. [6619] Yemen K005394151 Yes
Aweke, G. [447] Ethiopia K005205138 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Syria K005394117 Yes
[Baddon] [s.n.] K005394147 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [S/207] Somalia K005205163 Yes
Balston, M.E. [3] Saudi Arabia K005394149 Yes
s.coll. [619] Yemen K005205177 Yes
s.coll. [3754] Egypt K005394168 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [23054] Somalia K005205172 Yes
Ash [719] Ethiopia K:SPC-37679.000 No
Hayne, W.A. [s.n.] Jordan K005394127 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4743] Somalia K005205161 Yes
Peck, E.F. [404] Somalia K005205166 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [7284] Ethiopia K005205141 Yes
Innes, R.; Trump [1026] Somalia K005205157 Yes
Haugen, T. [533] Ethiopia K005205148 Yes
Naegelé, A. [[DJI/78-94]] Djibouti K005205153 Yes
Drake-Brockmann, R.E. [611] Somalia K005205160 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sudan K005205079 Yes
Popov, G. [523] K005394138 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [5606] Saudi Arabia K005394145 Yes
Meyers, F.S.; Dinsmore, J.E. [3149] Syria K005394120 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Hanbury, D. [s.n.] Syria K005394116 Yes
Hooker (Dr) [s.n.] Morocco K005394118 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [14273] Ethiopia K005205147 Yes
Fischer, S. [200] K005394153 Yes
s.coll. [363] Yemen K005205174 Yes
Birdwood [155] Yemen K005394156 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K005394165 Yes
Crawford, F.; Banza, O.; Goyder, D.; Timberlake, J. [FC245] Mozambique K000738950 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [2047] Somalia K005205171 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [16078] Jordan K005394123 Yes
Naegelé, A. [[DJI/78-51]] Djibouti K005205151 Yes
s.coll. [356] Yemen K005205176 Yes
Davis, P.H. [9186] Jordan K005394122 Yes
[Capt. Buddon] [s.n.] K005394167 Yes
Pratt [TS105] Yemen K005394135 Yes
Drake-Brockman [449] Somalia K005205159 Yes
Rawi, A. [15036] Iraq K005394160 Yes
de Marchesetti, C. [s.n.] K005394141 Yes
Khattab, A.; Simpson, N.D. [F3759] Sudan K005394172 Yes
s.coll. [46] Yemen K005394158 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [2792] Yemen K005394140 Yes
Gomes e Sousa, A. [4496] Mozambique K005205281 Yes
s.coll. [618] Yemen K005205175 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [7684] Somalia K005205154 Yes
Burtt Davy, J. [2799b] Yemen K005394139 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [172] Eritrea K005205144 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [2748] Saudi Arabia K005394142 Yes
Gabrielith, R. (Miss) [s.n.] Jordan K005394121 Yes
Emden, H.L. [16] Cabo Verde K005205078 Yes
Waring, J. [23] Yemen K005394162 Yes
{Mr. J. Stocks} [s.n.] Mozambique K005205282 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [4309] Saudi Arabia K005394154 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [7291] Saudi Arabia K005394155 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1507] Ethiopia K005205137 Yes
Friis, I.; Alstrup, V.; Michelsen, A. [4680] Somalia K005205156 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [2400] Egypt K005394170 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [s.n.] Jordan K005394124 Yes
Shabetai, J.R. [F1048] Egypt K005394164 Yes
Pratt [TS48] Yemen K005394137 Yes
Khattab; Simpson, N.D. [6467] Sudan K005394163 Yes
Stower; Smith; Gilliland [4055] Eritrea K005205139 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Watson, R.M. [23870] Somalia K005205170 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [4055] Eritrea K005205140 Yes
Gabrielith, R. (Miss) [s.n.] Jordan K005394125 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [[711]] K005394166 Yes
Aronson, J.; Linington, S.H.; Wickens, G.E. [1] Somalia K005205155 Yes
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] Syria K005394119 Yes
[F. J. Madewick] [35] Yemen K005394134 Yes
Tackholm, V.; Kassas, M.; Samy, M.; Girgis, W.A.; Zahran, M.A. [712] Egypt K005394169 Yes
McKinnon, A.S. [8/204] Somalia K005205162 Yes
Fischer, S. [200] K005394152 Yes
de Marchesetti, C. [s.n.] K005394150 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [1497] Saudi Arabia K005394143 Yes
[Bells James]; [Shea Fl] [s.n.] Somalia K005205167 Yes
Carr, C.J. [516] Ethiopia K005205145 Yes
Perry, W.W. [s.n.] Somalia K005205164 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [14273] Ethiopia K005205146 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [2780] Saudi Arabia K005394136 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4544] Somalia K005205158 Yes
[Capt. Ranton] [s.n.] K005394148 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Yemen K005394171 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [7284] Saudi Arabia K005394146 Yes
Schimper, W. [721] Egypt K000899735 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash, J. (Mrs.) [719] Ethiopia K005205142 Yes
Birdwood [154] Yemen K005394157 Yes
Drake-Brockman [448] Somalia K005205168 Yes
{Mr. J. Stocks} [s.n.] Mozambique K005205283 Yes
s.coll. [MNDBY43] Djibouti K005205152 Yes
Miller, A.G.; Nyberg, J.A. [M9471] Oman Suaeda baluchestanica K005394486 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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

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