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    Bassia laniflora  (S.G.GMEL.) A.J.SCOTT    
 

APG-Fam.: Amaranthaceae / Amaranth Fam.       Fam. tradit.: Chenopodiaceae / Goosefoot Fam.  

Synon.:  Kochia laniflora  (S.G.GMEL.) BORBAS

Genus:  Bassia  ALL.,  Kochia  ROTH
 

Authors:
   S.G.GMEL.:  Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (1744 - 1774), German physician and botanist in Russia
   A.J.SCOTT:  Andrew John Scott (1950 - ), botanist in USA
   BORBAS:  Vincze von Borbás (1844 - 1905), Hungarian botanist
   ALL.:  Carlo Allioni (1728 - 1804), Italian physician and botanist
   ROTH:  Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757 - 1834), physician and botanist from Bremen (Northern Germany)
 

Etymology:
   Bassia:   Ferdinando Bassi (1710 - 1774), Italian physician and botanist
   laniflora:   wool-flowered
   Kochia:   Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771 - 1849), German botanist from Kusel (W. D. J. KOCH)
 

Formerly Bassia and Kochia have been considered as separate genus within the Goosefoot family. They are growing wide-spead over several continents. Some years ago intermediate species have been found, this suggested to unite the two genus.

 

Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed, D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Fig. 1:  Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed
D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed, D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Fig. 2:  Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed
D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed, D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Fig. 3:  Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed
D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed, D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Fig. 4:  Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed
D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed, D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Fig. 5:  Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed
D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed, D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Fig. 6:  Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed
D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed, D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Fig. 7:  Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed
D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed, D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Fig. 8:  Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed
D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed, D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Fig. 9:  Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed
D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed, D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Fig. 10:  Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed
D Sandhausen 31.7.2007
Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed, D Sandhausen 20.8.2007
Fig. 11:  Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed
D Sandhausen 20.8.2007
Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed, D Sandhausen 20.8.2007
Fig. 12:  Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed
D Sandhausen 20.8.2007
Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed, D Sandhausen 13.8.2021
Fig. 13:  Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed
D Sandhausen 13.8.2021
Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed, D Sandhausen 13.8.2021
Fig. 14:  Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed
D Sandhausen 13.8.2021
Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed, D Sandhausen 13.8.2021
Fig. 15:  Bassia laniflora / Sand Bassia, Wooly Smotherweed
D Sandhausen 13.8.2021

 


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