Name: Rudravanti (DE); Cretan Alkaliweed (EN)
Distribution: Portugal; Spain; Baleares; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Croatia; Bulgaria; Greece (scattered coastal, incl. Kiklades, Kerkyra, Ionian Isl., Thasos, Samothraki, Limnos, Ag. Evstratios, Kithira); Crete; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt, SE-Egypt); Mauritania; Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Mali; N-Chad (Tibesti); Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Soqotra; Kenya; Angola; Mozambique; Madagascar; Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl. (Lesvos, Chios, Psara, Samos, Lipsi, Kos, Tilos, Karpathos, Rhodos); Turkey (S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, S-Iraq, W-Iraq: Desert); Iran (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., S-Iran, W-Iran); Afghanistan (Balkh, Helmand, Herat); Cyprus (E-Cyprus, S-Cyprus); Syria (coastal W-Syria, C-Syrian Desert, Jazira); Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Negev Desert, S-Negev Desert); Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, N-Sinai, S-Sinai); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Rub al Khali, Asir, Nejd Desert); Kuwait; Bahrain; Qatar; United Arab Emirates; Oman (Dhofar); Yemen (coastal Hadhramaut, Inner Hadhramaut, Tihama); Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Waziristan, Kurram, N. W. Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab); India (almost throughout); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh
12 BAL COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 BUL CRO GRC ITA KRI SIC 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 22 GNB GUI MLI MTN SEN 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SOC SOM SUD 25 KEN 26 ANG MOZ 29 MDG 32 KAZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 AFG CYP EAI IRN IRQ ISR SIN SYR TUR 35 BAR KUW OMA QAT SAU UAE YEM 40 BAN IND PAK SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Cressa ballii Batt.; Batt. & Trab. Fl. de l´Alger. (Dicot.) 629 (1888)
= Cressa cretica var. indica (Retz.) Choisy; Prodr. [A. DC.] 9: 440 (1845)
= Cressa cretica var. loscosii (Trémols) Willk.; Ill. Fl. Hispan. 1: 13 (1880)
= Cressa cretica var. villosa (Hoffmanns. & Link) Choisy; Prodr. [A. DC.] 9: 440 (1845)
= Cressa humifusa Lam.; Fl. Franç. 2: 268 (1779)
= Cressa indica Retz.; Observ. Bot. 4: 24 (1786)
= Cressa intermedia T.Anderson; J. Proc. Linn. Soc. 5: Suppl. 1: 32 (1860)
= Cressa loscosii Trémols; F. Loscos & H. Y. Bernál, Trat. Pl. Aragon 1: 38 (1877)
= Cressa microphylla St.-Lag.; Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 63, 123 (1880)
= Cressa monosperma Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 33 (1812), nom. superfl.
= Cressa villosa Hoffmanns. & Link; Fl. Portugal. 1: 372 (1813-1820)
