Herniaria hemistemon J.Gay
First published in Rev. Bot. Recueil Mens. 2: 371 (1847)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Africa to S. Iran and Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual, biennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Algeria, Egypt, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Tunisia, Western Sahara
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Herniaria fruticosa var. hemistemon (J.Gay) Barratte in Expl. Sci. Tunisie, Cat. Pl.: 65 (1896)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Herniaria fruticosa Delile in Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 57 (1813), sensu auct.
- Herniaria hemistemon var. pallescens Maire in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 27: 79 (1936)
- Herniaria hemistemon var. parviflora Chaudhri in Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 285: 395 (1968)
- Herniaria sphacelata Hochst. ex Webb in Fragm. Fl. Aethiop.-Aegypt.: 36 (1854)
- Heterochiton hemistemon Graebn. & Mattf. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 870 (1919)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Chaudhri, M.N., Ratter, J.A. & Rechinger, K.H. (1980). Flora Iranica 144: 1-38. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
- Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Daoud, H.S. in Al-Rawi, A. (1985). Flora of Kuwait 1: 1-224. Alden Press Ltd., U.K.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Dobignard, A., Jacquemoud, F. & Jordan, D. (1992). Matériaux pour la conaissance floristique du Sahara occidental et l'Anti-Atlas méridional. I. Pteridophyta à Rosaceae. Candollea 47: 113-179.
- Dogignard, A. (2009). Contributions à la connaissance de la flore du Maroc et de l'Afrique du Nord. Nouvelle série. 2. La flore du Nord-Maroc. Le Journal de Botanique de la Société Botanique de France 46-47: 1-136.
- Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
- Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
- Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Chaudhri, M.N., Ratter, J.A. & Rechinger, K.H. (1980). Flora Iranica 144: 1-38. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
- Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Daoud, H.S. in Al-Rawi, A. (1985). Flora of Kuwait 1: 1-224. Alden Press Ltd., U.K.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Dobignard, A., Jacquemoud, F. & Jordan, D. (1992). Matériaux pour la conaissance floristique du Sahara occidental et l'Anti-Atlas méridional. I. Pteridophyta à Rosaceae. Candollea 47: 113-179.
- Dogignard, A. (2009). Contributions à la connaissance de la flore du Maroc et de l'Afrique du Nord. Nouvelle série. 2. La flore du Nord-Maroc. Le Journal de Botanique de la Société Botanique de France 46-47: 1-136.
- Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
- Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
-
Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 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