Biology:Suaeda monoica

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Suaeda

Suaeda monoica
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Suaeda
Species:
S. monoica
Binomial name
Suaeda monoica
Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Suaeda monoica is a species of flowering plant in the sea-blite genus Suaeda, largely native to the shores of the Indian Ocean from South Africa to Sri Lanka, and salty areas inland.[2] It has been introduced in Argentina.[2] It exhibits phenotypic plasticity, with leaves that are much more succulent when grown under higher salinity conditions.[3] Its leaves are edible, and it is used as an animal fodder plant where it grows.[4]

References

  1. Onomat. Bot. Compl. 8: 798 (1776)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Suaeda monoica Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:167517-1. 
  3. Storey, Richard; Jones, R. Gareth Wyn (1979). "Responses of Atriplex spongiosa and Suaeda monoica to Salinity". Plant Physiology 63 (1): 156–162. doi:10.1104/pp.63.1.156. PMID 16660671. 
  4. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2012). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. p. 3611. ISBN 9781482250640. 

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