Salicornia europaea

Taxonavigation

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

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

Lectotype (designated by Jafri & Rateeb 1978, Fl. Libya 58: 57.): LINN Linnaean Herbarium LINN 10.1.
Epitype (designated by Kadereit et al. 2012, Taxon 61: 1234.): Sweden, Gotland, W shore of Burgsviken Bay, Näsudden Cape, Piirainen & Piirainen 4222 (MJG; only the plant numbered G38-1.)

Heterotypic (ref. Kadereit et al. 2012)
- Salicornia appressa Dumort. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 333. (1866)
- Salicornia brachystachya (G.Mey.) D.Koenig, Mitt. Florist.-Soziol. Arbeitsgem., N.F., 8: 11, 46. (1960)
- Salicornia disarticulata Moss in J. Bot. 49: 183. (1911)
- Salicornia gracillima (F.Towns.) Moss, J. Bot. 49: 182. (1911)
- Salicornia obscura P.W.Ball & Tutin in Watsonia 4: 204. (1959)
- Salicornia pusilla (Hook. f.) E.S.Marshall in Hanbury, London Cat. Brit. Pl. [H.C. Watson], ed. 10: 33. (1908)
- Salicornia ramosissima (Hook.f.) E.S.Marshall in Hanbury, London Cat. Brit. Pl. [H.C. Watson], ed. 10: 33. (1908)
- Salicornia smithiana Moss, J. Bot. 49: 183–184. (1911)
(+ ref. Piirainen 2009):
- Salicornia annua Sm., Engl. Bot.: Tab. 415. (1797), nom. illeg.
- Salicornia herbacea L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2: 5. (1762), nom. illeg.

Native distribution areas:

ref. Kadereit et al., 2012:

Europe (coasts of Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic Sea, few occurences in the w Mediterranean)
- Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden
- Middle Europe
  - Belgium, Germany, Netherlands
- Southwestern Europe
  - Spain (including inland areas), France (including inland areas)

Kadereit, G., Piirainen, M., Lambinon, J. & Vanderpoorten, A. 2012. Cryptic taxa should have names: Reflections on the glasswort genus Salicornia (Amaranthaceae). Taxon 61(6): 1227–1239. pdf Reference page.
Piirainen, M. 2009. Salicornia europaea. – In: Uotila, P. (ed.): Chenopodiaceae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

Hassler, M. 2018. Salicornia europaea. 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 europaea. Published online. Accessed: May 16 2018. Reference page.
The Plant List 2013. Salicornia europaea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Jul. 13.
Tropicos.org 2016. Salicornia europaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Jul. 2016. Reference page.