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Salicornia

Synonyms: Arthrocnemum; Sarcocornia

Wikipedia Abstract

Salicornia is a genus of succulent, halophyte (salt tolerant) flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae that grow in salt marshes, on beaches, and among mangroves. Salicornia species are native to North America, Europe, South Africa, and South Asia. Common names for the genus include glasswort, pickleweed, and marsh samphire; these common names are also used for some species not in Salicornia. The main European species is often eaten, called marsh samphire in Britain, and the main North American species is occasionally sold in grocery stores or appears on restaurant menus, usually as 'sea beans' or samphire greens or sea asparagus .
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Species

Salicornia aggregate
Salicornia alpini
Salicornia ambigua
Salicornia andina (shrubby swampfire)
Salicornia bigelovii (dwarf saltwort) (Attributes)
Salicornia bigelowii
Salicornia blackiana (Thick-head Glasswort)
Salicornia borysthenica
Salicornia brachiata
Salicornia capensis
Salicornia crassispica
Salicornia cuscoensis
Salicornia decumbens
Salicornia decussata
Salicornia depressa (Virginia glasswort)
Salicornia deserticola
Salicornia dunensis
Salicornia emerici
Salicornia erectispica
Salicornia europaea (common glasswort)
Salicornia fructicosa
Salicornia fruticosa
Salicornia globosa
Salicornia helmutii
Salicornia hispanica
Salicornia iranica
Salicornia lagascae
Salicornia littorea
Salicornia magellanica
Salicornia maritima (slender grasswort)
Salicornia marshallii
Salicornia meyeriana
Salicornia mossambicensis
Salicornia mossiana
Salicornia natalensis
Salicornia neei
Salicornia nitens
Salicornia obclavata
Salicornia oliveri
Salicornia pachystachya
Salicornia pacifica (Pacific glasswort)
Salicornia patula
Salicornia perennans
Salicornia perennis (chickenclaws) (Attributes)
Salicornia perrieri
Salicornia persepolitana
Salicornia persica
Salicornia perspolitana
Salicornia pillansii
Salicornia procumbens (long-spiked glasswort)
Salicornia pruinosa
Salicornia pulvinata
Salicornia pusilla (smallest glasswort)
Salicornia quinqueflora
Salicornia rubra (red swampfire) (Attributes)
Salicornia senegalensis
Salicornia tashkensis
Salicornia tegetaria
Salicornia terminalis
Salicornia turanica
Salicornia uniflora
Salicornia utahensis (Utah swampfire) (Attributes)
Salicornia veneta (Venice Salicorne) (Vulnerable)
Salicornia virginica
Salicornia xerophila

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0