Hossein Akhani

Caroxylon vermiculatum, commonly known as Mediterranean saltwort, is a perennial plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It has many synonyms, including Salsola vermiculata and Nitrosalsola vermiculata. It is native to arid and semi-arid regions of the Middle East, North Africa and southern Europe where it is used as a fodder plant for livestock.

Soda stocksii is a shrub species of the family Amaranthaceae (formerly classified under the Chenopodiaceae). It is locally known as khar, meaning salty.

Soda oppositifolia is a species of halophyte shrub native to the Mediterranean Basin.

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Soda rosmarinus is a perennial-green desert species of saltwort in the Amaranthaceae family. It is endemic to the lower Jordan Valley along the Dead Sea, in Israel and Jordan, and in the Syrian desert, Central Iraq (near Najaf) and in the coastal regions of Saudi Arabia, the islands of Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran, commonly known in Arabic by the names ʾušnān (Arabic: أشنان) and šenān and in the Neo-Aramaic languages by reflexes of ʾuḥlā. It is often used by Bedouins for cleaning as a soap substitute. In medieval Arabic literature, it is also known by the names of "green ushnan" and "launderers'

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Pyankovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. Its native range is Crimea to Mongolia and Afghanistan. The genus was isolated from the genus Climacoptera as a result of molecular phylogenetic studies, and named in honor of the Russian botanist and phytophysiologist Vladimir Pyankov. Species: Pyankovia affinis (C.A.Mey. ex Schrenk) Mosyakin & Roalson Pyankovia brachiata (Pall.) Akhani & Roalson Pyankovia roborowskii (Iljin) Mosyakin & Roalson

Bienertia sinuspersici is a flowering plant that currently is classified in the family Amaranthaceae, although it was previously considered to belong to the family Chenopodiaceae. Bienertia sinuspersici conducts C4 photosynthesis, but lacks the two cell types, bundle sheath and mesophyll cells, that are typical of Kranz anatomy in most C4 plants. Bienertia sinuspersici and three other former chenopods (Suaeda aralocaspica, Bienertia cycloptera, and Bienertia kavirense) instead conduct single-celled C4 photosynthesis within individual chlorenchyma cells. Single-celled C4 photosynthesis is

Turania is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. It includes four species native to Central Asia, ranging from Iran and Afghanistan to Xinjiang and Kazakhstan. Turania androssowii (Litv.) Akhani – Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Turania aperta (Paulsen) Akhani – Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Xinjiang Turania deserticola (Iljin) Akhani – Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Turania sogdiana (Bunge) Akhani – Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

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Kaviria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. Its native range is Somalia to Arabian Peninsula, Syria to Central Asia and Pakistan. Species: Kaviria aucheri (Moq.) Akhani Kaviria azaurena (Mouterde) Sukhor. Kaviria gossypina (Bunge ex Boiss.) Akhani Kaviria lachnantha (Botsch.) Akhani Kaviria pycnophylla (Brenan) Akhani Kaviria rubescens (Franch.) Akhani Kaviria tomentosa (Moq.) Akhani Kaviria vvedenskyi (Iljin & Popov) Akhani Kaviria zehzadii (Akhani) Akhani

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Oreosalsola is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae, erected by Akhani in 2016. Species were often previously placed in the genus Salsola; they have been recorded from temperate and sub-tropical central Asia.

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