Ofaiston monandrum(Pall.) Moq.

WFO wfo-0000383575 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 4 separate observations

Ofaiston monandrum, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. a Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / 2014-09-27 / obs. 100088690
Ofaiston monandrum, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. b Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100088692
Ofaiston monandrum, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. c Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100088686
Ofaiston monandrum, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. d Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100088683

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
04415032
Filed as
Ofaiston monandrum (Pall.) Moq.
Det. by
not recorded on this sheet
Collected
not recorded
Origin
not recorded
The sheet
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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Ofaiston monandrum is native: Altay, Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, East European Russia, South European Russia AltayKazakhstanNorth CaucasusUzbekistanWest SiberiaEast European RussiaSouth European Russia
Native distribution of Ofaiston monandrum, 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
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Kazakhstan KAZ
North Caucasus NCS
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
East European Russia RUE EUROPE
South European Russia RUS

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 5 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.

  • Anabasis juncea M.Bieb. ex Moq.
  • Halocnemum monandrum (Pall.) Georgi
  • Halogeton monandrus (Pall.) C.A.Mey.
  • Ofaiston paucifolium Raf.
  • Salsola monandra Pall.

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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