Tecticornia arbuscula

Shrubby Glasswort
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Salicornioideae
Genus: Tecticornia
Species: T. arbuscula
Binomial name
Tecticornia arbuscula
(R.Br.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson .[1]
Synonyms
  • Salicornia arbuscula R.Br.
  • Arthrocnemum arbuscula (R. Br.) Moq.
  • Sclerostegia arbuscula (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson

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 spreading 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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tecticornia arbuscula". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 New South Wales Flora Online: Sclerostegia arbuscula by S.W.L. Jacobs, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tecticornia arbuscula". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
  4. ↑ Wilson, Paul G. (1984). "Chenopodiaceae". Flora of Australia IV. p. 306. (as Sclerostegia arbuscula)