Soda schimperi

Soda schimperi is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is a subshrub with a native range from Egypt to northeastern Tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands.^[1]

Soda schimperi
Soda schimperi in Salalah Khawr Al Qurm Al Kabir, Dhofar, Oman
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Subfamily:	Salsoloideae
Genus:	Soda
Species:	S. schimperi
Binomial name
Soda schimperi (Moq.) Akhani (2024)
Synonyms[1]
Sevada schimperi Moq. (1849) Suaeda schimperi (Moq.) Ulbr. (1934) Suaeda vermiculata var. puberula C.B.Clarke (1909)

The plant was first described as Sevada schimperi by Alfred Moquin-Tandon in 1849, as the sole species in genus Sevada. In 2024 Hossein Akhani placed the species in genus Soda as Soda schimperi.^[1]