Sarcocornia quinqueflora

Beaded Samphire
Sarcocornia quinqueflora at Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Salicornioideae
Genus: Sarcocornia
Species: S. quinqueflora
Binomial name
Sarcocornia quinqueflora
(Bunge ex Ung.-Sternb.) A.J.Scott
Subspecies

S. quinqueflora subsp. quinqueflora
S. quinqueflora subsp. tasmanica

Sarcocornia quinqueflora, commonly known as Beaded Samphire, 'Bead weed' or Beaded Glasswort[1], is a species of succulent halophytic coastal shrub. It occurs in wetter coastal areas of Australia.

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Description

It grows as an erect perennial up to 50 centimetres high.[2][3]

Taxonomy

It was first published as Salicornia quinqueflora in 1866, but transferred into Sarcocornia when that genus was erected in 1977.[4]

Distribution and habitat

It occurs in south west and south east Australia, and also in parts of the Nullarbor Plain, and part of the east coast of Cape York Peninsula.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Beaded Glasswort". Victorian Resources Online. Department of Primary Industries (Victoria). http://vro.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/water_sss_beaded_glasswort. Retrieved 2011-12-28. 
  2. ^ a b Wilson, Paul G.. "Chenopodiaceae". Flora of Australia. IV. pp. 278. 
  3. ^ "Sarcocornia quinqueflora (Ung.-Sternb.) A.J.Scott". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/2593. 
  4. ^ "Sarcocornia quinqueflora (Ung.-Sternb.) A.J.Scott". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=9171. 

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