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Noaea griffithii, which hitherto was known from the type collection only, is transferred toSalsola by reason of its horizontal embryo and other fruit characters. The description is completed; ecological, phytocoenological and distributional data are given. The species is a common endemic psammophyte of SE Iran, S Afghanistan and adjacent Pakistan Baluchistan.
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Dedicated to Prof.K. H. Rechinger on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
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Freitag, H., Khani, K. Salsola griffithii (Chenopodiaceae) comb. nova. — a remarkable species from the sand deserts of SW. Asia. Pl Syst Evol 155, 49–54 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00936286
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