Tecticornia arbuscula
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| Tecticornia arbuscula (R.Br.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson .[1] |
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Tecticornia arbuscula (Shrubby Glasswort) is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Australia. It grows to 2 metres in height, with a speading habit. It has succulent swollen branchlets with small leaf lobes.[2][3]
The species occurs on shorelines in coastal or estaurine areas or in salt marshes, especially marshes subject to occasional inundation by the ocean. It has a patchy distribution across south coastal Australia, occurring in southern Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania.[2][3][4]
Originally published by Robert Brown under the name Salicornia arbuscula, it was transferred into Sclerostegia by Paul G. Wilson in 1980, before being merged into Tecticornia in 2007.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Tecticornia arbuscula. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ a b New South Wales Flora Online: Sclerostegia arbuscula by S.W.L. Jacobs, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia
- ^ a b Tecticornia arbuscula. FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
- ^ Wilson, Paul G. (1984). "Chenopodiaceae". Flora of Australia IV. 306. (as Sclerostegia arbuscula)
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