Salicornia capensis

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 capensis

Name

Salicornia capensis (Moss) Piirainen & G.Kadereit, Taxon 66(1): 125. (2017)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Arthrocnemum capense Moss, J. S. African Bot. 14: 39. (1948)
    • Type: South Africa: Cape, Milnerton, 27 Feb 1924, Moss 11621. Holotype: PRE, Isotype: J.
• Homotypic
  • Sarcocornia capensis (Moss) A.J.Scott, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 75(4): 368. (1978)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa South Africa (W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• 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. : 125
• Moss, C.E. 1948. Plantae novae africanae. Journal of South African Botany 14: 36–40. Archive Reference page. : 38.
• Scott, A.J. 1978. Reinstatement and revision of Salicorniaceae J. Agardh (Caryophyllales). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 75(4): 357–374. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1977.tb01493.x Reference page. : 368.

Additional references

• Steffen, S., Mucina, L. & Kadereit, G. 2010. Revision of Sarcocornia (Chenopodiaceae) in South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique. Systematic Botany 35(2): 390–408. Reference page. : 397–398
• 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. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Salicornia capensis. 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 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Salicornia capensis. Published online. Accessed: May 17 2018.