'''''Caroxylon''''' is a genus of shrubby flowering plants in the family [[Chenopodiaceae]], found in drier areas of the Old World, including southern Africa, Madagascar, northern Africa, Mediterranean islands of Europe, the Canary Islands, Socotra, Ukraine, Russia, western Asia, Central Asia, India, western and northern China, and Mongolia.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.312.2.1 |title=''Caroxylon'' (Chenopodiaceae ''s.str''.) in continental southern Africa and Madagascar: A preliminary nomenclatural synopsis and biogeographical considerations |year=2017 |last1=Mucina |first1=Ladislav |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=312 |issue=2 |page=151 }}</ref>