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Tecticornia halocnemoides caudata (Tecticornia halocnemoides caudata)

Description

Tecticornia halocnemoides,commonly known as Shrubby Samphire or Grey Glasswort,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.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Amaranthaceae

              • Genus: Tecticornia