Tecticornia bibenda

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Tecticornia bibenda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Salicornioideae
Genus: Tecticornia
Species: T. bibenda
Binomial name
Tecticornia bibenda
K.A.Sheph. & S.J.van Leeuwen[1]

Tecticornia bibenda is a species of plant of the Salicornioideae family from Western Australia. Its segmented stem gives it an appearance similar to the Michelin Man. T. bibenda ranked tenth in the top species of 2008 by the International Institute for Species Exploration[1].

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