Genus: Salicornia
[= Arthrocnemum]
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants)
> Core Eudicots
> Order: Caryophyllales > Family:
Amaranthaceae > Subfamily: Chenopodioideae
About 13
species, found nearly worldwide, but not Australia. Four species native to
southern Africa, found along the coast in sheltered, saline conditions.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of Mozambique.
Salicornia meyeriana
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Salicornia pachystachya
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Salicornia perrieri
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Salicornia uniflora |
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Publications
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Moss, C.E. 1954. The species of Arthrocnemum
and Salicornia in southern Africa. Journal of South African Botany
20: 1-22.
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O'Callaghan, M. 1992. The ecology and
identification of the southern African Salicornieae (Chenopodiaceae). South
African Journal of Botany 58: 430-439.
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Tölken, H.R. 1967. The species of Arthrocnemum
and Salicornia (Chenopodiaceae) in South Africa. Bothalia
9: 255-307.
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