''Noaea'' 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 belonging to the family

Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...

. It is in the

Salsoloideae The Salsoloideae are a subfamily of the Amaranthaceae, formerly in family Chenopodiaceae. Description These are herbs, subshrubs, shrubs and some trees. Stems and leaves are often succulent. The ovary contains a spiral embryo. In most genera, ...

subfamily. Its native range is from the southern and eastern Mediterranean to Pakistan. It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Crete, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Egypt (including

Sinai Peninsula The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (now usually ) (, , cop, Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is a l ...

,), Greece, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco,

North Caucasus The North Caucasus, ( ady, Темыр Къафкъас, Temır Qafqas; kbd, Ишхъэрэ Къаукъаз, İṩxhərə Qauqaz; ce, Къилбаседа Кавказ, Q̇ilbaseda Kavkaz; , os, Цӕгат Кавказ, Cægat Kavkaz, inh, ...

region, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria,

Transcaucasus The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Arme ...

region (Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan), Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The genus name of ''Noaea'' is in honour of François Thomas "Frank", Marquis De Noé (1806–1887), a French author on North African Lamiaceae. It was first described and published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. Vol.13 (Issue 2) on page 207 in 1849.

Known species

According to Kew: *''

Noaea cadmea ''Noaea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is in the Salsoloideae subfamily. Its native range is from the southern and eastern Mediterranean to Pakistan. It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Crete, Cyprus, ...

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Noaea kurdica ''Noaea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is in the Salsoloideae subfamily. Its native range is from the southern and eastern Mediterranean to Pakistan. It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Crete, Cyprus, ...

'' *'' Noaea major'' *'' Noaea minuta'' *''

Noaea mucronata ''Noaea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is in the Salsoloideae subfamily. Its native range is from the southern and eastern Mediterranean to Pakistan. It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Crete, Cyprus, ...

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Noaea tournefortii ''Noaea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is in the Salsoloideae subfamily. Its native range is from the southern and eastern Mediterranean to Pakistan. It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Crete, Cyprus, ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9050413 Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae genera Plants described in 1849 Flora of Crete Flora of Greece Flora of North Africa Flora of Central Asia Flora of the Caucasus Flora of Western Asia