A new Kalidium species (Amaranthaceae s. l.) from northern Central Asia

Kalidium juniperinum Sukhor. et Lomon. is described as a species new to science. It similar K. foliatum in having short leaf blade but differs by the presence of numerous slender, prostrate, or ascending stems forming mats vs. stout main upright stem; acuminate bracts slightly exceeding flower cyme obtuse equal cyme; exserted pericarp looking like bulge on one-seeded diaspore not elevated top diaspore; shorter anthers; geographic range highlands and mountainous steppe zone Eurasian lowland (semi-)desert regions. recorded Russia (West Siberia Sayan Mountains), Eastern Northern Kazakhstan, Mongolian Altai, NW China. The names α [var.] glomeratum Fenzl β brevifolium are lectotypified synonymized with juniperinum.