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Halosarcia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales >  Family: Amaranthaceae . Subfamily: Salicornioideae

The 23 species are nearly all endemic to Australia, except for one species which has a wide distribution along the shores of the Indian Ocean, including the coast of Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Halosarcia indica

 

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