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Suaeda

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: Salsoloideae

About 110 species, found worldwide but mainly in the northern Hemisphere. The 6 species in southern Africa are found in saline conditions both inland and along the seashore.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

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

Suaeda articulata

 

Suaeda caespitosa

 

Suaeda fruticosa

 

Suaeda inflata

 

Suaeda merxmuelleri

 

Suaeda plumosa

 

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