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'''''Sarcocornia quinqueflora''''', commonly known as '''Beaded Samphire''' or '''Beaded Glasswort'''<ref name=DPI>{{cite web|title=Beaded Glasswort|work=Victorian Resources Online|publisher=Department of Primary Industries (Victoria)|url=http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/DPI/Vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/water_sss_beaded_glasswort|accessdate=2008-05-26}}</ref>, is a species of [[succulent]] [[halophytic]] coastal shrub. It occurs in wetter coastal areas of [[Australia]]. |
'''''Sarcocornia quinqueflora''''', commonly known as '''Beaded Samphire''', ''''Bead weed'''' or '''Beaded Glasswort'''<ref name=DPI>{{cite web|title=Beaded Glasswort|work=Victorian Resources Online|publisher=Department of Primary Industries (Victoria)|url=http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/DPI/Vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/water_sss_beaded_glasswort|accessdate=2008-05-26}}</ref>, is a species of [[succulent]] [[halophytic]] coastal shrub. It occurs in wetter coastal areas of [[Australia]]. |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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==Distribution and habitat== |
==Distribution and habitat== |
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It occurs in south west and south east Australia, and also in parts of the [[Nullarbor Plain]], and part of the east coast of [[Cape York Peninsula]].<ref name="Flora of Australia"/> |
It occurs in south west and south east Australia, and also in parts of the [[Nullarbor Plain]], and part of the east coast of [[Cape York Peninsula]].<ref name="Flora of Australia"/> |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.alocasia.com.au/qld_saltmarsh_plants/herbarium/succulent/bead-weed Online Field guide to Common Saltmarsh Plants of Queensland] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Sarcocornia quinqueflora, commonly known as Beaded Samphire, 'Bead weed' or Beaded Glasswort[1], is a species of succulent halophytic coastal shrub. It occurs in wetter coastal areas of Australia.
Description
It grows as an erect perennial up to 50 centimetres high.[2][3]
Taxonomy
It was first published as Salicornia quinqueflora in 1866, but transferred into Sarcocornia when that genus was erected in 1977.[4]
Distribution and habitat
It occurs in south west and south east Australia, and also in parts of the Nullarbor Plain, and part of the east coast of Cape York Peninsula.[2]
External links
References
- ^ "Beaded Glasswort". Victorian Resources Online. Department of Primary Industries (Victoria). Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ a b Wilson, Paul G. "Chenopodiaceae". Flora of Australia. Vol. IV. p. 278.
- ^ "Sarcocornia quinqueflora (Ung.-Sternb.) A.J.Scott". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Sarcocornia quinqueflora (Ung.-Sternb.) A.J.Scott". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
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