Nitraria schoberiL.

WFO wfo-0000381038 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Nitraria schoberi, photographed by Svyatoslav Knyazev
fig. a Svyatoslav Knyazev, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-09 / obs. 196295547
Nitraria schoberi, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. b Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132197895
Nitraria schoberi, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. c Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132197598
Nitraria schoberi, photographed by Svyatoslav Knyazev
fig. d Svyatoslav Knyazev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 43623219
Nitraria schoberi, photographed by Svyatoslav Knyazev
fig. e Svyatoslav Knyazev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 43622707
Nitraria schoberi, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. f Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101192703
Nitraria schoberi, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. g Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185219077
Nitraria schoberi, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. h Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185218647

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Nitraria schoberi is native: Afghanistan, Altay, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, West Siberia, Pakistan, West Himalaya, East European Russia, Romania, South European Russia AfghanistanAltayIranKazakhstanKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanWest SiberiaPakistanWest HimalayaEast European RussiaRomaniaSouth European Russia
Native distribution of Nitraria schoberi, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
Iran IRN
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
West Siberia WSB
East European Russia RUE EUROPE
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Nitraria caspica Willd. ex Pall.
  • Nitraria oliveri Jaub. & Spach
  • Nitraria schoberi var. caspica Pall.
  • Osyris schoberi Pall. ex A.DC.
  • Zygophyllum australasicum Miq.
  • Zygophyllum nitraria L.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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