Halanthium

Halanthium is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. It includes five species of annuals native to western Asia, ranging from Turkey to the Caucasus, Iraq, and Iran.^[1]

Halanthium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Halanthium K.Koch (1844)
Species[1]
Halanthium alaeflavum Assadi Halanthium kulpianum (K.Koch) Bunge Halanthium mamamense Bunge Halanthium purpureum (Moq.) Bunge Halanthium rarifolium K.Koch
Synonyms[1]
Physogeton Jaub. & Spach (1845)

Species

Five species are accepted.^[1]

• Halanthium alaeflavum Assadi – northwestern Iran
• Halanthium kulpianum (K.Koch) Bunge – Turkey and the Caucasus
• Halanthium mamamense Bunge – northwestern Iran
• Halanthium purpureum (Moq.) Bunge – Iraq and Iran
• Halanthium rarifolium K.Koch – Turkey, the Caucasus, and Iran