Tecticornia willisii

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 willisii

Name

Tecticornia willisii K.A.Sheph., Nuytsia 29: 141. (2018)

• Type: Little Sandy Desert, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 16 August 2001, K.A. Shepherd & S. van Leeuwen et al. KS 829. Holotype: PERTH 08592284; Isotypes: CANB, MEL.

• named for her husband Spencer Robert Willis.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • formtaxon: Tecticornia sp. Little Sandy Desert (K.A. Shepherd & C. Wilkins KS 830), Western Australian Herbarium

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Shepherd, K.A. 2018. Tecticornia willisii (Chenopodiaceae), a new samphire from the Little Sandy Desert in Western Australia. Nuytsia 29: 141–144. PDF Reference page. : 141

Links

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) 2016. Tecticornia willisii Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 05.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Tecticornia willisii. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 05 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Spencer’s Samphire