Salicornia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 3 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical coasts and saline inland areas.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Western Sahara

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aldabra, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Aruba, Austria, Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cayman Is., Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, Florida, France, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Haiti, Hungary, Idaho, India, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Libya, Madagascar, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nebraska, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Tuva, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, Western Australia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Extinct in:

Illinois

Introduced into:

Hawaii, Michigan

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Kadereit, G., Ball, P., Beer, S., Mucina, L., Sokoloff, D. Teege, P., Yaprak, A.E. & Freitag, H. (2007). A taxonomic nightmare comes true: phylogeny and biogeography of glassworths (Salicornia L., Chenopodiaceae). Taxon 56: 1143-1170.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 86.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Sp. Pl. ed. 5: 4 (1754).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Sp. Pl., ed. 5, 4 (1754)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Graham, R.A. [4711] 16956.000 No
Graham, R.A. [4709] 16957.000 No
Graham, R.A. [4710] 16958.000 No
Turrill, W.B., United Kingdom 16959.000 No
Graham, R.A. [4712] 16960.000 No
Turrill, W.B., United Kingdom 16963.000 No
Hubbard, C.E. 32149.000 No
Ash [1817], Ethiopia 35876.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [6405], Saudi Arabia 49805.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [6413], Saudi Arabia 52262.000 No
Richmond, M. [F], Tanzania Arthrocnemum 63159.000 No
Richmond, M. [B], Tanzania Arthrocnemum 63160.000 No
Richmond, M. [A], Tanzania Arthrocnemum 63161.000 No
Richmond, M. [C], Tanzania Arthrocnemum 63162.000 No
Richmond, M. [G], Tanzania Arthrocnemum 63163.000 No
Richmond, M. [H], Tanzania Arthrocnemum 63164.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0