Saharanthus

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Plumbaginaceae
Subfamilia: Limonioideae
Tribus: Limonieae
Genus: Saharanthus
Species: S. ifniensis
Name

Saharanthus M.B.Crespo & M.D.Lledó, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 132(2): 169 (2000) Type species: Saharanthus ifniensis (Caball.) M.B.Crespo & M.D.Lledó Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 132(2): 169 (2000)
Synonyms

Homotypic
Lerrouxia Caball., Trab. Mus. Nac. Ci. Nat., Ser. Bot. No. 28, 13. 1935, nom. illeg. non Lerouxia Mérat (1812)
Caballeroa Font Quer, Cavanillesia 7: 150. (1935) nom. inval.

References

Crespo, M.B. & Lledó, M.D. 2000. Two new North African genera related to Limoniastrum (Plumbaginaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 132: 165–174 (169).
Crespo, M.B. & Zijlstra, G. 2012. Request for a binding decision on whether Lerouxia Mérat (Primulaceae) and Lerrouxia Caball.(Plumbaginaceae) are sufficiently alike to be confused. Taxon 61(6): 1335. Full text PDF from ResearchGate
Hassler, M. 2017. Saharanthus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 May 1. Reference page.
Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Open access Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Saharanthus. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 27 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Saharanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Apr. 27.

Saharanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plumbaginaceae. The only species is Saharanthus ifniensis.[1]

Its native range is Western Sahara.[1]
References

"Saharanthus M.B.Crespo & Lledó | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.