Tecticornia

Taxobox

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image_caption = Samphire, "Tecticornia pergranulata"
name = "Tecticornia"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Amaranthaceae
subfamilia = Salicornioideae
genus = "Tecticornia"
genus_authority = Hook. f.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Tecticornia" is a genus of succulent, salt tolerant plant largely endemic to Australia. In 2007, the genus "Halosarcia", along with three other Australian genera ("Pachycornia", "Sclerostegia" and "Tegicornia") was incorporated into the genus.

pecies

Species include:cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=TECTICORNIA|title="Tecticornia" |accessdate=2008-04-06|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra] FloraBase|name="Tecticornia" |id= 21375]
*"Tecticornia arborea" Paul G.Wilson (Bulli Bulli)
*"Tecticornia arbuscula" (R.Br.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson (Shrubby Glasswort)
*"Tecticornia auriculata" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia australasica" (Moq.) Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia bibenda" K.A.Sheph. & S.J.van Leeuwen
*"Tecticornia bulbosa" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & PaulG.Wilson (Large-articled Samphire) - Inland growing plant found in Western Australia and listed as being vulnerable to extinction. [cite web|url=http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=16598 |title=Species Profile and Threats Database, Halosarcia bulbosa|publisher=Australian Government, Department for Environment and Heritage|accessdate=2006-10-02]
*"Tecticornia calyptrata" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson - a divaricately branched shrub ranging to 1 metre in height. Found across Western Australia in both sandy and clay soils, salt lakes, and saline claypans. [cite web|url=http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/flora?f=105&level=s&id=2517&PHPSESSID=a5171aa4ffed634e4db2ed3cae8028c3 |title=Halosarcia calyptrata |publisher=Florabase|accessdate =2006-10-18]
*"Tecticornia chartacea" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia cupuliformis" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia disarticulata" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia doleiformis" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia entrichoma" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia fimbriata" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia flabelliformis" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson (Bead Samphire or Bead Glasswort) - a woody, perennial, salt-tolerant plant growing up to 20 centimetres high in saltmarshes associated with salt lakes and saline flats and usually in monospecific patches. It is a deciduous shrub with fleshy branches, flowering and fruiting from January to May. "T. flabelliformis" is found in South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia with most of the population in South Australia. It is nationally listed as being vulnerable to extinction [cite web| url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/biodiversity/arkoneyre/pdfs/bead_samphire.pdf#search=%22halosarcia%20samphire%22 | title=Threatened Flora of Eyre Peninsula |publisher=Australian Government, Department for Environment and Heritage |accessdate =2006-10-01] , with state by state listings as "vulnerable" in South Australia, "threatened" in Victoria and "poorly known" in Western Australia. [cite web|url= http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/nominations/pubs/halosarcia-flabelliformis.pdf |title=EPBC Nomination to de-list from the Vulnerable category, Halosarcia flabelliformis (Bead Glasswort) |author=Department of the environment, Australia | accessdate=2007-02-07|year=2004] (Eyelash Samphire)
*"Tecticornia fontinalis" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia halocnemoides" (Nees) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson (Shrubby Samphire or Grey Glasswort)
*"Tecticornia indica" (Willd.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson - has several subspecies
*"Tecticornia laevigata" K.A.Sheph.
*"Tecticornia lepidosperma" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia leptoclada" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia lylei" (Ewart & Jean White) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia mellaria" K.A.Sheph.
*"Tecticornia medullosa" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia moniliformis" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia nitida" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia peltata" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia pergranulata" (J.M.Black) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson (Samphire, Blackseed Glasswort or Blackseed Samphire) - found inland across much of Australia and, less often, in coastal saline areas.
*"Tecticornia pluriflora" (Paul G. Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia pruinosa" (Paulsen) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia pterygosperma" (J.M.Black) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia syncarpa" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia tenuis" (Benth.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia triandra" (F.Muell.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia undulata" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
*"Tecticornia uniflora" (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson (Mat Samphire)
*"Tecticornia verrucosa" Paul G.Wilson

References