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Arthrocnemum fruticosum

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Name

Identification
Arthrocnemum fruticosum (L.) Moq. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Balansa, B., Salicornia fruticosa L. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Arthrocnemum fruticosum
  • Salicornia fruticosa
  • Salicornia europaea

Flora

Entry for SALICORNIA fruticosa Linn. [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 433, (1912) Author: By C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
SALICORNIA fruticosa Linn. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. ii. 5;—Thunb. Prodr. 1 and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 1; Ungern-Sternb. Vers. Syst. Salic. 56.
Arthrocnemum fruticosum Moquin [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Chenop. Enum. 111, and in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 151; Baker and C.B. Cl. in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. i. 86.
Information
an erect fleshy shrub up to 3 ft. high, quite glabrous; branches terete below, tetragonous above, upper articulations about 4 lin. long; spikes 1 in. long, formed of 3-flowered closely placed clusters; perianth concave, flat at the top; seeds oblong-oval. null
Range
Also on the shores of Europe and North and Tropical Africa.
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Div.; rocky shore north of Camps Bay, Alexander Prior! Wolley-Dod, 3056! Hout Bay, Harvey, 194! Knysna Div.; salt marshes at Knysna, 10 ft., Galpin, 4428! Uitenhage Div., Zeyher, 5! Port Elizabeth Div.; Cape Recife, Burchell, 4398! Div.? Redhouse, Mrs. Paterson, 497! Var. β: Cape Div.; about the Ponds and at Salt River, Burchell, 667! beyond Uitvlugt, Wolley-Dod, 1430! rocky shore below Paulsberg, Wolley-Dod, 3012! by Raapenburg Vley, near the Observatory, Wolley-Dod, 2690! Var. γ: Cape Div.; sand flats between Paarden Island and Tygerberg, Drège! Var. δ: Cape Div.; Paarden Island, Drège.EASTERN REGION Transkei; Kentani coast, in patches of mud and sand within tidal reach, Miss Pegler, 648!

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