Kali

Kali is a genus of plants in the subfamily Salsoloideae in the family Amaranthaceae. Common names of various members of this genus include buckbush, rolypoly, tumbleweed for its wind-blown seed dispersal habit, and Tartar thistle and Russian thistle for its origins. These species were previously part of the genus Salsola. Systematics The type species of the genus is Kali turgidum. The genus consists of ca. 23 species: Kali australe (R.Br.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson (syn. Salsola kali R.Br.) Kali basalticum C.Brullo, Brullo, Gaskin, Giusso, Hrusa & Salmeri (2015): endemic to Sicily at Mount Etna. Kali collinum (Pall.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson (Salsola collina Pall.) Kali dodecanesicum C.Brullo, Brullo, Giusso, Ilardi (2015): endemic on the Greek islands Rhodes, Kos and Nisyros. Kali gobicola (Iljin) Brullo & Hrusa (2015), (Syn.: Salsola gobicola Iljin) Kali griffithii (Bunge) Akhani & E.H.Roalson (Noaea griffithii Bunge) Kali jacquemontii (Moq.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson (Salsola jacquemontii Moq.) Kali ikonnikovii (Iljin) Akhani & E.H.Roalson (Salsola ikonnikovii Iljin) Kali komarovii (Iljin) Akhani & E.H.Roalson (Salsola komarovii Iljin) Kali macrophyllum (R.Br.) Galasso & Bartolucci (2014), (Syn.: Salsola macrophylla R.Br, Salsola tragus L. subsp. pontica (Pall.) Rilke) Kali monopterum (Bunge) Lomon. (2012), (Syn.: Salsola monoptera Bunge) Kali nepalensis (Grubov) Brullo, Giusso & Hrusa (2015), (Syn.: Salsola nepalensis Grubov) Kali paulsenii (Litv.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson (Salsola paulsenii Litv.) Kali pellucidum (Litv.) Brullo, Giusso & Hrusa (2015), (Syn.: Salsola pellucida Litv.) Kali praecox (Litv.) Sukhor. (2011), (Syn.: Salsola praecox (Litv.) Iljin) Kali rosaceum (L.) Moench Kali sinkiangense (A.J.Li) Brullo, Giusso & Hrusa (2015), (Syn.:Salsola sinkiangensis A.J.Li) Kali ryanii (Hrusa & Gaskin) Brullo & Hrusa (2015), (Syn.:Salsola ryanii Hrusa & Gaskin) Kali tamamschjanae (Iljin) Akhani & E.H.Roalson (Salsola tamamschjanae Iljin) Kali tamariscinum (Pall.) Akhani & E.H.Roalson (Salsola tamariscina Pall.) Kali tragus (L.) Scop. (Salsola tragus L., Salsola kali ssp. tragus) Kali turgidum (Dumort.) Guterm.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Gutermann W | year = 2011 | title = Notulae nomenclaturales 41–45. Neue Namen bei Cruciata und Kali sowie einige kleinere Korrekturen | journal = Phyton (Horn) | volume = 51 | issue = 1| page = 98 }}</ref> (Kali soda Moench, Salsola kali L. ssp.