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Halopeplis amplexicaulis

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Identification
Halopeplis amplexicaulis (Vahl) Ung. - Sternb. ex Ces., Passer et Gibelli [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Salicornia amplexicaulis Vahl [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Salicornia amplexicaulis
  • Halopeplis amplexicaulis

Flora

Entry for HALOPEPLIS perfoliata Schweinf. [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 76, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
HALOPEPLIS perfoliata Schweinf. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 289, name only. —Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 935; Volk. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 1A, 74; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. Append. ii. 157.
HALOPEPLIS amplexicaulis Ces. Pass. & Gib. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Compend. Fl. Ital. 271, t. 41, fig. 2.
Salicornia perfoliata Forsk. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Fl. Ægypt.-Arab. 3, t. 1.
Information
A woody branched glabrous shrub, 1–2 ft. high; branches with closely placed nodes, not jointed. Leaves 1/10 in. long, obovate or orbicular, sessile and minutely decurrent at the base. Spikes of flowers small, dense; floral bracts similar to the leaves, with usually 3 flowers under each bract, more or less adnate thereto.
Range
Also in North-east Africa
Distribution
Nubia Nile Land coast region, Bent!
Distribution (external)
Arabia
Notes
The Mediterranean H. amplexicaulis resembles altogether the young examples of H. perfoliata, but appears never more than annual, and is maintained as a distinct species by Boissier.

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