Salicornia arabica

Salicornia arabica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Salicornioideae
Tribus: Salicornieae
Genus: Salicornia
Species: Salicornia arabica

Name

Salicornia arabica L., Sp. Pl. 1: 3. (1753)

• Misapplied names
• 'Salicornia arabica' sensu auct., often misapplied for Sarcocornia fruticosa (ref. Piirainen 2009)

(therefore also considered as synonym of Salicornia fruticosa in Hassler, 2018.)

Homonyms

• Salicornia arabica Pall. (1771), nom. illeg.
• Salicornia arabica Raddi ex Moq. (1849), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West Tropical Africa Mauritania References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 3. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Piirainen, M. 2009. Sarcocornia fruticosa. – In: Uotila, P. (ed.): Chenopodiaceae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Salicornia arabica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Salicornia arabica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Salicornia arabica. Published online. Accessed: May 16 2018.

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