Halogeton

Halogeton

Taxobox
name = "Halogeton"


image_width = 300px
image_caption = "Halogeton sativus"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Amaranthaceae
genus = "Halogeton"
genus_authority = C.A.Mey.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "H. alopecuroides"(Delile)Moq.
"H. arachnoides" Moq.
"H. glomeratus" (M.Bieb.)C.A.Mey.
"H. sativus" (L.)Moq.
"H. souda" (Loefl.)J.F.Macbr.
"H. spinosissimum" Meyer

"Halogeton" is a plant genus for which 6 species are presently proposed.Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (2007). [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20691 "Halogeton"] , retrieved May 19, 2007.] Global Biodiversity Information Facility (2007). [http://www.asia.gbif.net/portal/ecat_browser.jsp?taxonKey=262188 "Halogeton"] , webpage retrieved May 19, 2007.] The species are annual plants which are tolerant of fairly saline soils; the genus name, "Halogeton", derives from the Greek words for "salt" and for "neighbor."Holmgren, Ned A. (2004). " [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=114514 "Halogeton"C. A. Meyer] ," in "Flora of North America: North of Mexico [http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1 Volume 4: Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, part 1] ", Editorial Committee of the "Flora of North America" (Oxford University Press, 2004). ISBN 978-0195173895. Online versions retrieved May 22, 2007.]

A "Halogeton" species, which is presently identified as "Halogeton sativus", and earlier as the species "Salsola sativa", was cultivated for the enormous 18th Century barilla industry in Spain that produced soda ash. "Salsola sativa" was considered to be a "saltwort" plant.

"Halogeton glomeratus" is considered a noxious weed in most regions of the United States; [Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture (2007). [http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch?keywordquery=halogeton+glomeratus "PLANTS Profile for "Halogeton glomeratus" (saltlover),"] webpage retrieved May 20, 2007.] a particular difficulty with "H. glomeratus" is that it is poisonous to sheep, and possibly to cattle, due to the high concentration of sodium oxalate in the dry plant. [Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (2007). " [http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=9937 Halogeton (Halogeton Glomeratus)] ," webpage retrieved May 23, 2007.] The common names for "H. glomeratus" include halogeton (the same as the genus), barilla, and saltlover.

"Halogeton" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including The Nutmeg and the "Coleophora" case-bearers "C. klimeschiella" and "C. parthenica".

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