Krascheninnikovia ceratoides explained

Krascheninnikovia ceratoides, the Pamirian winterfat, is a plant species native to Central Europe and Southern Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia.^[1] It has been reported from Russia, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Romania.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Krascheninnikovia ceratoides is a shrub up to 100 cm tall, appearing whitish because of a thick layer of finely branched hairs. Leaves are highly variable in shape, up to 25 mm long.The flowers are tiny, covered with long silky hairs, borne in axillary clusters and a terminal raceme; staminate (male, pollen-producing) and pistillate (female, seed-producing) organs are in different flowers on the same plant. The fruit is egg-shaped, about 3 mm long, with 4 angles and 2 horns.^{[1] [9]}

External links

• GBIF Worldwide occurrence data: Krascheninnikovia ceratoides

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=220007177 Flora of Pakistan V 204.
2. http://www.floraofromania.transsilvanica.net/Krascheninnikovia_ceratoides_Gueldesnt_.htm Flora of Romania, Endangered Species of Transylvania
3. Meyer, Carl Anton (Andreevič) von. 1833. Flora Altaica 4: 239–240.
4. http://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Amaranthaceae/Krascheninnikovia_ceratoides.htm Flora Silvestre del Mediterráneo, Krascheninnikovia ceratoides
5. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=cs&u=http://botany.cz/cs/krascheninnikovia-ceratoides/&prev=/search?q%3DKrascheninnikovia%2Bceratoides%26start%3D10%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26channel%3Dsb%26biw%3D992%26bih%3D599 Czech Botany
6. http://greif.uni-greifswald.de/floragreif/?flora_search=taxon&taxon_id=253 Virtual Guide to the Flora of Mongolia
7. http://www.aragon.es/estaticos/ImportFiles/06/docs/%C3%81reas/Biodiversidad/PlanAccEspAmenz/PlanesAccionFloraAmenazada/AL-ARBA%20%28Krascheninnikovia%20ceratoides%29/KRASCHENINNIKOVIA_CERATOIDES.pdf Gobierno de Aragón, Catálogo de Especies Amaenazadas de Aragón, Krascheninnikovia ceratoides
8. https://books.google.com/books?id=3793LZcmyDIC&dq=Krascheninnikovia+ceratoides&pg=PA151 Walter Wucherer, Liliya A. Dimeyeva. 2012. Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert: The Desiccated Floor of the Aral Sea (Central Asia). Springer Verlag.
9. Gueldenstaedt, Anton Johann von. 1772. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperalis Petropolitanae 16: 548, 555.