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Taxon:  Haloxylon persicum Bunge ex Boiss. & Buhse



Summary
Genus:
Haloxylon
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Salsoloideae
Tribe:
Salsoleae
Nomen number:
18227
Place of publication:
Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 12:189. 1860
Verified:
03/11/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Arthrophytum arborescens Litv.
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Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  2. Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR) Cambridge University Press.
  3. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  4. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  5. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  6. National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
  7. Norton, J. et al. 2009. Illustrated checklist of the flora of Qatar.
  8. Stewart, R. 1972. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of West Pakistan and Kashmir
  9. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  10. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina.
Common names
English
white saxaul –
Arabic
rimth –
German
weißer Saxaul –
Transcribed Chinese
bai suo suo –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOmanAl Batinah North 
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaUnited Arab Emirates  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang Uygur Zizhiqun.
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq s.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: United Arab Emirates, Oman [Al Batinah North], Saudi Arabia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq (s.), Israel, Jordan
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • CHINA: China [Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (n.)]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalerosion control National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Environmentalerosion control Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Fuelsfuelwood National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=18227. Accessed 23 May 2025.