Ceratocarpus

Ceratocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Ceratocarpus arenarius, found in Bulgaria, Romania, Crimea, Russia, Anatolia, the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, the Altai, western Siberia, Xinjiang in China, and Mongolia.^[2] A bushy herbaceous plant, no more than 30 cm tall (or wide), it is a valuable fodder for sheep, goats and horses, and it grows well in degraded and trampled soils.^[3]

Ceratocarpus
Ceratocarpus arenarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Subfamily:	Chenopodioideae
Tribe:	Axyrideae
Genus:	Ceratocarpus L.[1]
Species:	C. arenarius
Binomial name
Ceratocarpus arenarius L.

Species

Only one species is currently accepted, Ceratocarpus arenarius, but a number of names have been previously associated with Ceratocarpus:^[4]

• Ceratocarpus arenarius subsp. utriculosus (Bluket ex Krylov) Takht.
• Ceratocarpus caput-medusae Bluket
• Ceratocarpus maritimus Pall. ex M.Bieb.
• Ceratocarpus salinus Pall.
• Ceratocarpus turkestanicus Sav.-Rycz.
• Ceratocarpus utriculosus Bluket ex Krylov

References

1. Sp. Pl.: 969 (1753)
2. "Ceratocarpus L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
3. Behnke, Roy (19 August 2008). The Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia. Springer. ISBN 9781402085420.
4. "Ceratocarpus". theplantlist.org. The Plant List. Retrieved 5 August 2020.