Halophytum

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Halophytum ameghinoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Halophytaceae A. Soriano Genus: Halophyton Species: H. ameghinoi
Binomial name
Halophytum ameghinoi (Speg.) Speg.

Halophytum ameghinoi is a species of herbaceous plant endemic to Patagonia. It is a succulent annual plant, with simple, fleshy, alternate leaves. The plants are monoecious, with solitary female flowers and inflorescences of male flowers on the same plant ^[1].

Halophytum has sometimes been placed in its own family, Halophytaceae. For instance, the 2003 APG II system does recognise such a family and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots, although the 1998 APG system had not recognised such a family, placing its members in the family Chenopodiaceae instead.

[edit] References

1. ^ L. Watson & M. J. Dallwitz (2006-06-02). The families of flowering plants: Halophytaceae.