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| Ceratocarpus | |
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| Ceratocarpus arenarius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chenopodioideae |
| Tribe: | Axyrideae |
| Genus: | Ceratocarpus L.[1] |
| Species: | C. arenarius
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceratocarpus arenarius | |
Ceratocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Ceratocarpus arenarius, found in Bulgaria, Romania, Crimea, Russia, Anatolia, the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, the Altai, western Siberia, Xinjiang in China, and Mongolia.[2] A bushy herbaceous plant, no more than 30 cm tall (or wide), it is a valuable fodder for sheep, goats and horses, and it grows well in degraded and trampled soils.[3]
- ^ Sp. Pl.: 969 (1753)
- ^ "Ceratocarpus L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ Behnke, Roy (19 August 2008). The Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia. Springer. ISBN 9781402085420.