Tecticornia verrucosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Tecticornia |
Species: | T. verrucosa
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Binomial name | |
Tecticornia verrucosa | |
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Occurrence data from AVH |
Tecticornia verrrucosa is a species of plant that is succulent and halophyte (salt tolerant). This plant was a member of the Chenopodiaceae, [1] which are now included in family Amaranthaceae.
T. verrucosa was first described in 1972 by Paul Wilson. [2]
It is an annual or short-lived perennial which grows to 40 cm high, which branches at the occasionally woody base. The inflorescence is a set of opposite and decussate lateral sessile spikes, at right angles to the branch. They are cylindrical and 10–20 mm long by 6 mm diam. The flowers are triads with free tepals below and slightly united above. [3]
It grows on coastal mud flats, slightly saline clay pans, and inland freshwater. [3]
The Walmajarri people of the southern Kimberley call this plant Mungily. [4]
Tecticornia verrucosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Tecticornia |
Species: | T. verrucosa
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Binomial name | |
Tecticornia verrucosa | |
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Occurrence data from AVH |
Tecticornia verrrucosa is a species of plant that is succulent and halophyte (salt tolerant). This plant was a member of the Chenopodiaceae, [1] which are now included in family Amaranthaceae.
T. verrucosa was first described in 1972 by Paul Wilson. [2]
It is an annual or short-lived perennial which grows to 40 cm high, which branches at the occasionally woody base. The inflorescence is a set of opposite and decussate lateral sessile spikes, at right angles to the branch. They are cylindrical and 10–20 mm long by 6 mm diam. The flowers are triads with free tepals below and slightly united above. [3]
It grows on coastal mud flats, slightly saline clay pans, and inland freshwater. [3]
The Walmajarri people of the southern Kimberley call this plant Mungily. [4]