Table 2 in Akhania, a new genus for Salsola daghestanica, Caroxylon canescens and C. carpathum (Salsoloideae, Chenopodiaceae, Amaranthaceae)

Table 2. Morphological differences between Akhania and Caroxylon.
Character / TaxonAkhaniaCaroxylon spp.Hairsnot denticulatedenticulateLeaf baseneither gibbous nor broadened± gibbous and broadenedLeaf shape and sizelinear, lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, flattened, up to 35 mm longsubulate, not flattened, up to 20 mm or scale-likeBractslarge, not gibbous, orbicular at base, abruptly (in A. daghestanica) diminishing above the basesmall, gibbous, orbicular but not abruptly diminishing above the baseAnther appendagesconspicuousunnoticeable or smallWing-like appendages on the perianth segmentsbelow the middle of the segmentsin the middle part of the segments or absent