''Ammodendron'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s, called the sand acacias, in the family
Fabaceae. It contains five species, which range from Iran through Central Asia to Xinjiang.
[''Ammodendron'' Fisch. ex DC.]
'' Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 8 August 2023. It belongs to the subfamily
Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family.
This subfamily is widely ...
. Its name is derived from the
Greek
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Greece
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
άμμος ''ammos'' ("sand") and
δένδρον ''dendron'' ("tree").
Species
''Ammodendron'' includes five accepted species:
[Some sources treat ''Ammodendron conollyi'' as a synonym of ''Ammodendron karelinii''.] – Iran and Central Asia
* '' Ammodendron eichwaldii'' Ledeb. & C.A.Mey. – Central Asia
* '' Ammodendron karelinii'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Ledeb. – Central Asia
* '' Ammodendron persicum'' Bunge ex Boiss. – Iran
References
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Sophoreae
Fabaceae genera
Flora of Asia
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