Salicornia L

Kuehn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 253-281 : 274

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3540555099

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6281468

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scientific name

Salicornia L
status

 

58. Salicornia L

Salzcornia L. , Sp. Pl.: 3 (1753); Ball, Feddes Repert. 69: 1-8 (1964); Tölken, Bothalia 9: 255-307 (1967). Sarcocornia A.J.Scott, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 75: 366 (1978); P. G. Wilson, Nuytsia 3: 70-77 (1980). Arthrocnemum auct, non Moq. s. str.: CE. Moss (1954): Télken (1967).

Perennial or annual fleshy herbs or subshrubs. Flowers in 3-12-flowered cymes; perianth 3-4-lobed, lobes hard and spongy in fruit; stamens l-2. Pericarp membranous; seed coat membranous; perisperm absent. Zn = 18, 27, 36, 54, 72. 28 spp., worldwide.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Chenopodiaceae

SubFamily

Salicornioideae

Tribe

Salicornieae