Agathophora

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Description de l'Égypte (Pl. 21) Salsola alopecuroides.jpg

|image_caption = Illustration from the protologue of the basionym, Agathophora alopecurioides

|genus = Agathophora

|parent_authority = (Fenzl) Bunge (1862)

|species = alopecuroides

|authority = (Delile) Fenzl ex Bunge (1862)

|synonyms =

  • Anabasis alopecuroides {{small|(Delile) Moq. (1849)}}
  • Halogeton alopecuroides {{small|(Delile) Moq. (1840)}}
  • Halogeton alopecuroides var. laevis {{small|Maire (1962), not validly publ.}}
  • Salsola alopecurioides {{small|Delile (1813)}}

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Agathophora alopecuroides (Delile) Fenzl ex Bunge {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163329-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=3 April 2024|language=en}}

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Agathophora alopecuroides is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is a subshrub or shrub native to northern Africa and west Asia, ranging from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. It is the sole species in genus Agathophora.{{cite web |title=Agathophora (Fenzl) Bunge {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:6749-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}

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