Salicornia ambigua

Taxonavigation

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

Salicornia ambigua Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 1: 2. (1803)

Lectotype (designated by Alonso & Crespo 2008, Ann. Bot. Fennici 45: 247.): USA. "Hab. in Scirpetis maritimis a Carolinâ ad Floridam”. A. Michaux #s.n. Lectotype: P: P00270205.
Epitype (designated by Alonso & Crespo 2008, Ann. Bot. Fennici 45: 247.): Plants of Florida/Monroe Co.: on salt flat on north end of Big Pine Key. Forming large colonies. 15.IX.1982, D.S. & H.B. Correll 54061 (with James B. Watson; USF 167816, as Salicornia virginica)

Homotypic
- Sarcathria ambigua (Michx.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 47. (1837)
- Arthrocnemum ambiguum (Michx.) Moq., Chenop. Monogr. Enum. 112. (1840)
- Sarcocornia ambigua (Michx.) M.A.Alonso & M.B.Crespo, Ann. Bot. Fenn. 45(4): 247. (2008)
Heterotypic (ref. Alonso & Crespo 2008)
- Salicornia gaudichaudiana Moq., Chenop. Enum. 115. (1840)
  - Lectotype: Brazil. "Brésil (Rio-Janeiro", M. Gaudichaud 1833/394. Lectotype: G 00087097. (designated by M.A.Alonso & M.B.Crespo 2008, Ann. Bot. Fennici 45: 247.) — Synonymised by Soriano (1947).

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. SE-USA Mexico San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 1. Parisiis et Argentorati: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. : 2
Alonso Vargas, M.A. & Crespo, M.B. 2008. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on South American taxa of Sarcocornia (Chenopodiaceae). Annales Botanici Fennici 45: 241–254. PDF. Reference page. : 247.
Moquin-Tandon, A. 1840. Chenopodearum Monographica Enumeratio. P.-J. Loss, Paris. BHL Reference page. : 112
Rafinesque, C.S. 1837 ["1836"]. Flora Telluriana. Pars Tertia. 100 pp. Philadelphia, H. Probasco. BHL Reference page. : 3: 47

Piirainen, M., Liebisch, O. & Kadereit, G. 2017. Phylogeny, biogeography, systematics and taxonomy of Salicornioideae (Amaranthaceae/Chenopodiaceae) – A cosmopolitan, highly specialized hygrohalophyte lineage dating back to the Oligocene. Taxon 66(1): 109–132. DOI: 10.12705/661.6 Reference page.
Steffen, S., Ball, P.W., Mucina, L. & Kadereit, G. 2015. Phylogeny, biogeography and ecological diversification of Sarcocornia (Salicornioideae, Amaranthaceae). Annals of Botany 115(3): 353–368. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu260 PMC: 4332613 . Reference page.

Hassler, M. 2018. Salicornia ambigua. 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 ambigua. Published online. Accessed: May 16 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Salicornia ambigua in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Jul. 11.
Tropicos.org 2019. Salicornia ambigua. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Jan. 2019.