Tecticornia halocnemoides

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Shrubby samphire

Living specimen in the Great Sandy Strait

Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Tecticornia
Species:	T. halocnemoides
Binomial name
*Tecticornia halocnemoides* (Nees) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
Subspecies
T. halocnemoides subsp. halocnemoides T. halocnemoides subsp. caudata T. halocnemoides subsp. longispicata T. halocnemoides subsp. catenulata T. halocnemoides subsp. tenuis

Tecticornia halocnemoides, commonly known as shrubby samphire or grey glasswort,^[1] is a species of succulent, salt tolerant plant endemic to Australia. It grows as a spreading or erect shrub up to fifty centimetres high. It was first published as Arthrocnemum halocnemoides in 1845, but transferred into Halosarcia in 1980, and into Tecticornia in 2007.

It is a highly variable species, with five published subspecies, some of which are themselves highly variable. These are T. halocnemoides subsp. halocnemoides, T. halocnemoides subsp. caudata, T. halocnemoides subsp. longispicata, T. halocnemoides subsp. catenulata and T. halocnemoides subsp. tenuis. There is also an unpublished putative subspecies, which is currently given the manuscript name T. halocnemoides subsp. Lake Grace (N. Casson G231. 10).

References

^ *Costermans, L. (1981). Native Trees and Shrubs of South-eastern Australia. Australia: Rigby. ISBN 072701403X.

"Tecticornia halocnemoides (Nees) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
"Halosarcia halocnemoides (Nees) Paul G.Wilson". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
Wilson, Paul G. "Chenopodiaceae". Flora of Australia. Vol. IV. pp. 170–172.

Taxon identifiers
Tecticornia halocnemoides	Wikidata: Q7692816 Wikispecies: Tecticornia halocnemoides APNI: 207092 CoL: 553HX FloraBase: 33236 GBIF: 7339657 iNaturalist: 370534 IPNI: 77086677-1 NCBI: 279023 NSWFlora: Tecticornia~halocnemoides NTFlora: 27679 Open Tree of Life: 46315 Plant List: kew-2608942 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77086677-1 VicFlora: 2af61ae4-0b3b-4de8-a90f-55f47a95e347 WFO: wfo-0000510468
Arthrocnemum halocnemoides	Wikidata: Q38414428 APNI: 102274 CoL: GYJ8 GBIF: 7339805 IPNI: 163557-1 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163557-1 Tropicos: 7202271 VicFlora: 364c1b72-a866-4698-b596-145bee792e58 WFO: wfo-0000550311

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