Kali (plant)

Former genus of flowering plants

Kali was a genus of plants in the subfamily Salsoloideae in the family Amaranthaceae, that has now been subsumed into the genus Salsola.[1]

Common names of various members of this genus include buckbush, rolypoly,[2] tumbleweed for its wind-blown seed dispersal habit, and Tartar thistle[3] and Russian thistle for its origins.[3]

## Taxonomy

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The type species of the genus was Kali turgidum (now Salsola kali). The genus consisted of ca. 23 species,[4] including:[5]

* Kali australe (R.Br.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola kali R.Br.
* Kali basalticum C.Brullo, Brullo, Gaskin, Giusso, Hrusa & Salmeri = Salsola basaltica (C.Brullo, Brullo, Gaskin, Giusso, Hrusa & Salmeri) C.Brullo & Brullo
* Kali collinum (Pall.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola collina Pall.
* Kali dodecanesicum C.Brullo, Brullo, Giusso, Ilardi = Salsola squarrosa Steven ex Moq.
* Kali gobicola (Iljin) Brullo & Hrusa (2015) = Salsola × gobicola Iljin
* Kali griffithii (Bunge) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola griffithii (Bunge) Freitag & Khani
* Kali jacquemontii (Moq.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola jacquemontii Moq.
* Kali ikonnikovii (Iljin) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola ikonnikovii Iljin
* Kali komarovii (Iljin) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola komarovii Iljin
* Kali macrophyllum (R.Br.) Galasso & Bartolucci = Salsola australis R.Br.
* Kali monopterum (Bunge) Lomon. = Salsola monoptera Bunge
* Kali nepalensis (Grubov) Brullo, Giusso & Hrusa (2015) = Salsola jacquemontii Moq.
* Kali paulsenii (Litv.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola paulsenii Litv.
* Kali pellucidum (Litv.) Brullo, Giusso & Hrusa = Salsola paulsenii Litv.
* Kali praecox (Litv.) Sukhor. = Salsola praecox (Litv.) Litv.
* Kali rosaceum (L.) Moench = Noaea rosacea (L.) Sennikov
* Kali sinkiangense (A.J.Li) Brullo, Giusso & Hrusa = Salsola sinkiangensis A.J.Li
* Kali ryanii (Hrusa & Gaskin) Brullo & Hrusa = Salsola ryanii Hrusa & Gaskin
* Kali tamamschjanae (Iljin) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola tamamschjanae Iljin
* Kali tamariscinum (Pall.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola tamariscina Pall.
* Kali turgidum (Dumort.) Guterm. = Salsola kali L.
* Kali zaidamicum (Iljin) Akhani & E.H.Roalson = Salsola zaidamica Iljin

In 2014, Mosyakin et al. proposed to conserve Salsola kali (= Kali turgidum) as nomenclatoral type for the genus Salsola. If the proposal will be accepted, all species of genus Kali would belong to Salsola again.[6] The General Committee of the XIX International Botanical Congress approved Mosyakin et al.'s proposal,[7] rendering the species related to Salsola kali as constituting the genus Salsola, while those related to Salsola soda should be transferred to another genus.[8]

## References

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1. ^ Plants of the world Online (retrieved 4 March 2024)
2. ^ Lucid Keys, LucidCentral.org
3. ^ a b Vasey, G. (1892). "Report of the botanist". Report of the Secretary of Agriculture. 1891. United States Department of Agriculture: 341–58.
4. ^ Akhani, Hossein; Edwards, Gerald; Roalson, Eric H. (2007). "Diversification of the old world Salsoleae s.l. (Chenopodiaceae): molecular phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and chloroplast data sets and a revised classification". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 168 (6): 931–956\. doi:10.1086/518263. JSTOR 10.1086/518263. S2CID 86789297.
5. ^ "Search for 'Kali'". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
6. ^ Mosyakin, Sergei L.; Rilke, Sabrina; Freitag, Helmut (2014). "(2323) Proposal to conserve the name Salsola (Chenopodiaceae s.str.; Amaranthaceae sensu APG) with a conserved type". Taxon. 63 (5): 1134–1135\. doi:10.12705/635.15.
7. ^ "Proposals and Disposals". Smithsonian Institution.
8. ^ Mosyakin, Sergei L.; et al. (2017). "Kali versus Salsola: the instructive story of a questionable nomenclatural resurrection". Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 64 (1–2): 18–30.1–2&rft.pages=18-30&rft.date=2017&rft.aulast=Mosyakin&rft.aufirst=Sergei+L.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Kali+(plant)" class="Z3988">