Teloxys

Teloxys aristata is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is the sole species in genus Teloxys.^[2] It is an annual native to temperate Eurasia, ranging from European Russia to China and Korea.^[1]

Teloxys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Tribe:	Dysphanieae
Genus:	Teloxys Moq. (1834)
Species:	T. aristata
Binomial name
Teloxys aristata (L.) Moq. (1834)
Synonyms[1]
Atriplex aristata (L.) Crantz (1766) Chenopodium acuminatum var. minimum (W.Wang & P.Y.Fu) Z.S.Qin (1995) Chenopodium aristatum L. (1753) (basionym) Chenopodium aristatum var. inerme W.Z.Di (1986 publ. 1987) Chenopodium minimum W.Wang & P.Y.Fu (1959) Chenopodium secundiflorum Viv. (1824) Chenopodium sinense Willemet (1778) Chenopodium sinense Moq. (1849), nom. illeg. Chenopodium virgatum var. minimum (W.Wang & P.Y.Fu) Kitag. (1979) Chenopodium virginicum L. (1753) Dysphania aristata (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants (2002) Dysphania aristata var. inermis (W.Z.Di) Y.Z.Zhao (2012) Lecanocarpus aristata (L.) Zucc. (1829) Salsola canescens Pers. (1805), nom. superfl.

Uses

Teloxys aristata is used to model trees for model railways, architectural and other scenic models. It is generally referred to as 'seafoam' by modellers.^[3]