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Genus: Sarcocornia

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

About 15 species, found nearly worldwide, with 9 species in southern Africa, which are found along the coast. 

Species indigenous in southern Africa

Sarcocornia capensis  
Sarcocornia decumbens  
Sarcocornia littorea  
Sarcocornia mossiana  
Sarcocornia natalensis  
Sarcocornia perennis  
Sarcocornia pillansii  
Sarcocornia terminalis  
Sarcocornia xerophila  

Publications

  • O'Callaghan, M. 1992. The ecology and identification of the southern African Salicornieae (Chenopodiaceae). South African Journal of Botany 58: 430-439.


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