Tecticornia arbuscula

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]

Shrubby glasswort
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Tecticornia
Species:
T. arbuscula
Binomial name
Tecticornia arbuscula
(R.Br.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson[1]
Synonyms
  • Salicornia arbuscula R.Br.
  • Arthrocnemum arbuscula (R. Br.) Moq.
  • Sclerostegia arbuscula (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson

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. "Tecticornia arbuscula". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. "Mainland Conservation Parks of Yorke Peninsula Management Plan 2009" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. p. 14. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  3. S.W.L. Jacobs. "New South Wales Flora Online: Tecticornia arbuscula". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
  4. "Tecticornia arbuscula". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  5. Wilson, Paul G. (1984). "Chenopodiaceae". Flora of Australia. IV. p. 306. (as Sclerostegia arbuscula)
  6. "Samphires of the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges region" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage. p. 20. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
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