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, the shrubby glasswort or scrubby samphire,[2] is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Australia. It is a shrub that grows to 2 metres in height, with a spreading habit. It has succulent swollen branchlets with small leaf lobes.[3][4]

The species occurs on shorelines in coastal or estuarine 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.[3][4][5]

Seeds of the species are enclosed in a hard, vaguely pyramid-shaped pericarp which reveal 1.5 mm long, narrow seeds. these seeds appear as golden brown, transparent and unornamented.[6]

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 2 "Tecticornia arbuscula". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. ↑ "Mainland Conservation Parks of Yorke Peninsula Management Plan 2009" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. p. 14. Retrieved 6 Dec 2017.
  3. 1 2 S.W.L. Jacobs. "New South Wales Flora Online: Tecticornia arbuscula". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
  4. 1 2 "Tecticornia arbuscula". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  5. ↑ Wilson, Paul G. (1984). "Chenopodiaceae". Flora of Australia. IV. p. 306. (as Sclerostegia arbuscula)
  6. ↑ "Samphires of the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges region" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. p. 20. Retrieved 6 Dec 2017.


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