Tecticornia indica

Tecticornia indica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Salicornioideae
Tribus: Salicornieae
Genus: Tecticornia
Species: Tecticornia indica

Subspecies: T. i. subsp. bidens – T. i. subsp. ciliolata – T. i. subsp. indica – T. i. subsp. julacea – T. i. subsp. leiostachya

Name

Tecticornia indica (Willd.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson, Austral. Syst. Bot. 20(4): 327. (2007)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Salicornia indica Willd., Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 111, t. 4, fig. 4. (1799)
    • Type: Tranquebar, India, J.G. Klein. Holotype: B, Isotype: K.
• Homotypic
  • Sarcathria indica (Willd.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 47. (1837)
  • Arthrocnemum indicum (Willd.) Moq., Chenop. Monogr. Enum. 113. (1840)
  • Halosarcia indica (Willd.) Paul G.Wilson, Nuytsia 3(1): 63. (1980)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa Northeast Tropical Africa Somalia East Tropical Africa Kenya (e.), Tanzania (e.) South Tropical Africa Angola (w.), Mozambique (e.) Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India (coasts), Sri Lanka Malesia Indonesia Papuasia Papua New Guinea Australasia Australia Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Shepherd, K.A. & Wilson, P.G. 2007. Incorporation of the Australian genera Halosarcia, Pachycornia, Sclerostegia and Tegicornia into Tecticornia (Salicornioideae, Chenopodiaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 20(4): 319–331. DOI: 10.1071/SB07002 Reference page. : 327.
• Willdenow, C.L. 1799. Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss einiger seltenen, wenig bekannten Pflanzen. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschenden Freunde zu Berlin, Neue Schriften 2: 97–128. (Online) Reference page. : 111, t. 4, fig. 4
• Rafinesque, C.S. 1837 ["1836"]. Flora Telluriana. Pars Tertia. 100 pp. Philadelphia, H. Probasco. BHL Reference page. : 47
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1840. Chenopodearum Monographica Enumeratio. P.-J. Loss, Paris. BHL Reference page. : 113
• Wilson, P.G. 1980. A revision of the Australian species of Salicornieae (Chenopodiaceae). Nuytsia 3(1): 3–154. DOI: 10.58828/nuy00052 BHL Reference page. : 63

Links

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) 2016. Tecticornia indica Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Accessed: 2016 Jul. 12.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Tecticornia indica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Tecticornia indica. Published online. Accessed: May 17 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tecticornia indica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 04. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tecticornia indica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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