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Kali (plant)

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

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

Taxonomy

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

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

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. The General Committee of the XIX International Botanical Congress approved Mosyakin et al.'s proposal, rendering the species related to Salsola kali as constituting the genus Salsola, while those related to Salsola soda should be transferred to another genus.

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