Salicornia L

Kuehn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, Kubitzki, K., Rohwer, J. G. & Bittrich, V. (Editors). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 253-281 : 274

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.