Salicornia procumbens

Salicornia procumbens

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 procumbens

Subspecies: S. p. subsp. freitagii – S. p. subsp. heterantha – S. p. subsp. pojarkovae – S. p. subsp. procumbens – S. p. subsp. strictissima – S. p. subsp. veneta

Name

Salicornia procumbens Sm., Engl. Bot. t. t. 2475. (1813).

• Lectotype (designated by Kadereit et al. 2012, Taxon 61(6): 1235.): U.K., "Yarmouth, Mr. Backhouse". Lectotype: LINN Smith Herbarium 20.4 LINN-HS 20.4.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Salicornia borysthenica Tzvelev, in Ukrayins’k Bot. Zhurn. 50: 83. (1993)
  • Salicornia dolichostachya Moss, in New Phytol. 11: 409. (1912)
  • Salicornia emericii Duval-Jouve, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 15: 176. (1868)
  • Salicornia fragilis P.W.Ball & Tutin, in Watsonia 4: 204. (1959)
  • Salicornia lutescens P.W.Ball & Tutin, in Watsonia 4: 204. (1959)
  • Salicornia oliveri Moss, in J. Bot. 49: 183. (1911)
  • Salicornia vicensis (J.Duvign.) J.Duvign. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 57: 459. (1987)
• in subspecies:
  • Salicornia freitagii Yaprak & Yurdak., in Ann. Bot. Fenn. 45: 208. (2008)
  • Salicornia heterantha S.S.Beer & Demina, in Willdenowia 35: 255. (2005)
  • Salicornia pojarkovae Semenova, Fl. Murmansk. Obl. 3: 367. (1956)
  • Salicornia strictissima Gram, in Raunkiaer, Dansk Exkurs.-Fl., ed. 5: 108. (1934)
  • Salicornia veneta Pignatti & Lausi, in Giorn. Bot. Ital. 103: 185. (1969)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

(ref. Kadereit et al., 2012) Europe Northern Europe Great Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden Middle Europe Belgium, Germany, Netherlands Southwestern Europe France, Portugal, Spain Southeastern Europe Italy (inc. Sicily) Eastern Europe Ukraine, N-European Russia, S-European Russia Africa Northern Africa Morocco Asia-Temperate Western Asia Turkey References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smith, J.E. & Sowerby, J. 1813. English Botany; or, coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth: to which will be added, occasional remarks. Vol. 35. London: R. Taylor & co. Hathitrust Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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 procumbens. In: Uotila, P. (ed.): Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Salicornia procumbens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Salicornia procumbens. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Salicornia procumbens. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 13 2016.

• Tropicos.org 2016. Salicornia procumbens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Apr. 2016.

Vernacular names

norsk nynorsk: Fjøresalturt
norsk: Fjæresalturt
svenska: Styv glasört

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