Saltia papposa explained

Saltia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It just contains one species, Saltia papposa. It is in the Amaranthoideae subfamily.

It is native to Saudi Arabia and Yemen,^{[1] [2]} in the Arabian Peninsula.^[3] It is found on gravel plains with other shrubs.^[4]

The genus name of Saltia is in honour of Henry Salt (1780–1827), an English artist, traveller, collector of antiquities, diplomat, and Egyptologist.^[5] The Latin specific epithet of papposa refers to pappus the wind-dispersal mechanism for the seeds.It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.13 (Series 2) on page 325 in 1849.

Notes and References

1. Gabali . Dr. Saeed Abdo . Al-Gifri . Abdul-Nasser . Flora of South Yemen — Angiospermae A provisional checklist . Feddes Repertorium . 1990 . 101 . 7-8 . 373-383.
2. J. R. I. Wood
3. Al-Khulaidi . Abdul Wali Ahmed . Al-Qadasi . Abdul Habib . Al-Hawshabi . Othman Saad Saeed . NATURAL PLANT SPECIES INVENTORY OF THE IMPORTANT PLANT AREAS IN ARABIAN PENINSULA: BANI OMAR, TAIZ GOVERNORATE, REPUBLIC OF YEMEN . EJUA-BA . September 2020 . 3 . 135-149.
4. S.A. Ghazanfar and M. Fisher (Editors)
5. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.