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Halopeplis perfoliata

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Holotype of Salicornia perfoliata Forssk. [family CHENOPODIACEAE]

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Name

Identification

Halopeplis perfoliata (Forssk.) Bunge [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by P. Ascherson, 1881 Salicornia perfoliata Forssk. [family CHENOPODIACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,

Flora

Entry for HALOPEPLIS perfoliata Schweinf. [family CHENOPODIACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Flora of Tropical Africa

Reference Sources

Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 76, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)

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.

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.

Also in North-east Africa

Nubia Nile Land coast region, Bent!

Distribution (external)

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.