Tecticornia is a genus of
succulent,
salt
tolerant plant largely
endemic
to
Australia. In 2007, the genus
Halosarcia, along with three
other Australian genera (
Pachycornia,
Sclerostegia and
Tegicornia) was incorporated
intothe genus.
Species
Species include:
- Tecticornia arborea
Paul G.Wilson (Bulli Bulli)
- Tecticornia
arbuscula (R.Br.) K.A.Sheph. &
Paul G.Wilson (Shrubby Glasswort)
- Tecticornia
auriculata (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
australasica (Moq.) Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia bibenda
K.A.Sheph. & S.J.van Leeuwen
- Tecticornia bulbosa
(Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. &
PaulG.Wilson (Large-articled Samphire) - Inland growing
plant found in Western
Australia
and listed
as being vulnerable
to extinction.
- Tecticornia calyptrata (Paul G.Wilson)
K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson - a
divaricately branched shrub ranging to 1 metre in height. Found
across Western Australia in both sandy and clay soils, salt lake, and saline claypans.
- Tecticornia
chartacea (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
cupuliformis (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
disarticulata (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
doleiformis (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
entrichoma (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
fimbriata (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
flabelliformis (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson (Bead Samphire or Bead
Glasswort) - a woody, perennial, salt-tolerant plant growing up to
20 centimetres high in saltmarshes associated with salt lakes
and saline flats and usually in monospecific patches. It is a deciduous shrub with fleshy branches, flowering
and fruiting from January to May. T. flabelliformis is found in
South
Australia
, Victoria
and Western Australia with most of the population
in South Australia. It is nationally listed as being
vulnerable to extinction, with state by state listings as
vulnerable in South Australia, threatened in
Victoria and poorly known in Western Australia. (Eyelash
Samphire)
- Tecticornia
fontinalis (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
halocnemoides (Nees) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson (Shrubby Samphire or Grey
Glasswort)
- Tecticornia indica
(Willd.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul
G.Wilson - has several subspecies
- Tecticornia
laevigata K.A.Sheph.
- Tecticornia
lepidosperma (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
leptoclada (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia lylei
(Ewart & Jean White) K.A.Sheph. &
Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
mellaria K.A.Sheph.
- Tecticornia
medullosa (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
moniliformis (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia nitida
(Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul
G.Wilson
- Tecticornia peltata
(Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph. & Paul
G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
pergranulata (J.M.Black) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson (Samphire, Blackseed Glasswort
or Blackseed Samphire) - found inland across much of Australia and,
less often, in coastal saline areas.
- Tecticornia
pluriflora (Paul G. Wilson)
K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
pruinosa (Paulsen) K.A.Sheph. &
Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
pterygosperma (J.M.Black) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
syncarpa (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia tenuis
(Benth.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul
G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
triandra (F.Muell.) K.A.Sheph. &
Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
undulata (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson
- Tecticornia
uniflora (Paul G.Wilson) K.A.Sheph.
& Paul G.Wilson (Mat Samphire)
- Tecticornia
verrucosa Paul G.Wilson
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