Haloxylon

Translingual

Haloxylon ammodendron

Etymology

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Proper noun

Haloxylon n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – the saxauls, which grow in sandy environments from Egypt to western China.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Amaranthaceae - family; Salsoloideae - subfamily; Salsoleae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (saxaul): Haloxylon ammodendron (black saxaul) - type species; Haloxylon persicum white saxaul – selected other species

References

• Haloxylon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Haloxylon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Haloxylon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Haloxylon at the Catalogue of Life 
• Haloxylon at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Amaranthaceae at APWeb
• Haloxylon at The Plant List