Biology:Tecticornia arbuscula
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Tecticornia |
| Species: | T. arbuscula
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| Tecticornia arbuscula (R.Br.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson[1]
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tecticornia arbuscula". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=271925.
- ↑ "Mainland Conservation Parks of Yorke Peninsula Management Plan 2009". Department for Environment and Heritage. p. 14. http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/40ccb65e-c97a-4f04-af74-9e4f00b16e48/mainland-cps-of-yp-mp.pdf. Retrieved 6 Dec 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 S.W.L. Jacobs. "New South Wales Flora Online: Tecticornia arbuscula". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Tecticornia~arbuscula.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Tecticornia arbuscula". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/31552.
- ↑ Wilson, Paul G. (1984). "Chenopodiaceae". Flora of Australia. IV. pp. 306. (as Sclerostegia arbuscula)
- ↑ "Samphires of the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges region". Department for Environment and Heritage. p. 20. http://www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/adelaide_and_mt_lofty_ranges/plants_and_animals/samphires-of-amlr.pdf. Retrieved 6 Dec 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q3517002 entry
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