- Family:
- Amaranthaceae Juss.
Suaeda Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.

[FZ]
Chenopodiaceae, J. P. M. Brenan. Flora Zambesiaca 9:1. 1988
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, usually glabrous or nearly so.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves usually alternate and fleshy (always in the Flora Zambesiaca area), entire, narrow, cylindrical or somewhat flattened.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers axillary or sometimes (not in the Flora Zambesiaca area) adnate to the subtending leaf, solitary or more usually clustered, subtended by small scarious bracteoles, hermaphrodite or unisexual.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth 5-lobed or-partite, sometimes thickened or inflated in fruit but not winged.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium
- Stamens 5, absent or reduced to staminodes in the flowers.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary sessile on a broad base, or partly adnate to the calyx.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigmas 2–5.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit with membranous or sometimes spongily thickened indehiscent pericarp.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Endosperm absent or scanty. Embryo spiral. Seeds “horizontal” or “vertical” (i.e. vertically or laterally compressed); testa normally thin, hard and glossy.
[FTEA]
Chenopodiaceae, J. P. M. Brenan. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1954
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, usually glabrous
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves usually fleshy, entire, usually alternate, narrow, cylindrical or somewhat flattened
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers axillary or sometimes adnate to the subtending leaf, solitary or clustered, subtended by small scarious bracteoles, hermaphrodite or unisexual
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 5-lobed or -partite, sometimes thickened or inflated in fruit, but not winged
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 5, absent or reduced to staminodes in the ♀ flowers
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary sessile on a broad base, or partly adnate to the calyx
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigmas 2–5
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits with membranous or sometimes spongily thickened indehiscent pericarp
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Endosperm absent or scanty. Embryo spiral Seeds “horizontal” or “vertical” (i.e. vertically or laterally compressed); testa normally smooth, thin and hard
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central European Rus, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, Desventurados Is., Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Haiti, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Mali, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Extinct in:
Juan Fernández Is.
- Suaeda acuminata (C.A.Mey.) Moq.
- Suaeda aegyptiaca (Hasselq.) Zohary
- Suaeda altissima (L.) Pall.
- Suaeda anatolica (Aellen) Sukhor.
- Suaeda aralocaspica (Bunge) Freitag & Schütze
- Suaeda arbusculoides L.S.Sm.
- Suaeda arctica Jurtzev & V.V.Petrovsky
- Suaeda arcuata Bunge
- Suaeda argentinensis A.Soriano
- Suaeda arguinensis Maire
- Suaeda articulata Aellen
- Suaeda asphaltica (Boiss.) Boiss.
- Suaeda australis (R.Br.) Moq.
- Suaeda braun-blanquetii (Pedrol & Castrov.) Rivas Mart., Cantó & Sánchez Mata
- Suaeda caespitosa Dod
- Suaeda calceoliformis (Hook.) Moq.
- Suaeda californica S.Watson
- Suaeda carnosissima Post
- Suaeda conferta (Small) I.M.Johnst.
- Suaeda corniculata (C.A.Mey.) Bunge
- Suaeda cucullata Aellen
- Suaeda dendroides (C.A.Mey.) Moq.
- Suaeda divaricata Moq.
- Suaeda edulis Flores Olv. & Noguez
- Suaeda eltonica Iljin
- Suaeda esteroa Ferren & S.A.Whitmore
- Suaeda foliosa Moq.
- Suaeda fruticosa Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.
- Suaeda × genesiana Pedrol & Castrov.
- Suaeda glauca (Bunge) Bunge
- Suaeda heterophylla (Kar. & Kir.) Bunge ex Boiss.
- Suaeda ifniensis Caball. ex Maire
- Suaeda inflata Aellen
- Suaeda iranshahrii Akhani & Freitag
- Suaeda jacoensis I.M.Johnst.
- Suaeda japonica Makino
- Suaeda khalijefarsica Akhani
- Suaeda kocheri Guss. ex C.Brullo, Brullo & Giusso
- Suaeda kossinskyi Iljin
- Suaeda kulundensis Lomon. & Freitag
- Suaeda lehmannii (Bunge) Kapralov, Akhani & Roalson
- Suaeda linearis (Elliott) Moq.
- Suaeda linifolia Pall.
- Suaeda malacosperma H.Hara
- Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort.
- Suaeda merxmuelleri Aellen
- Suaeda mexicana (Standl.) Standl.
- Suaeda micromeris Brenan
- Suaeda microphylla Pall.
- Suaeda microsperma (C.A.Mey.) Fenzl
- Suaeda monodiana Maire
- Suaeda monoica Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.
- Suaeda moschata A.J.Scott
- Suaeda multiflora Phil.
- Suaeda nesophila I.M.Johnst.
- Suaeda neuquenensis M.A.Alonso, Contic. & Cerazo
- Suaeda nigra (Raf.) J.F.Macbr.
- Suaeda nigrescens I.M.Johnst.
- Suaeda novae-zelandiae Allan
- Suaeda nudiflora (Willd.) Moq.
- Suaeda occidentalis (S.Watson) S.Watson
- Suaeda olufsenii Paulsen
- Suaeda palaestina Eig & Zohary
- Suaeda palmeri (Standl.) Standl.
- Suaeda pannonica Beck
- Suaeda paradoxa (Bunge) Bunge
- Suaeda patagonica Speg.
- Suaeda pelagica Bartolo, Brullo & P.Pavone
- Suaeda physophora Pall.
- Suaeda plumosa Aellen
- Suaeda prostrata Pall.
- Suaeda pruinosa Lange
- Suaeda pterantha (Kar. & Kir.) Bunge
- Suaeda puertopenascoa M.C.Watson & Ferren
- Suaeda pulvinata Alvarado Reyes & Flores Olv.
- Suaeda rigida H.W.Kung & G.L.Chu
- Suaeda rolandii Bassett & Crompton
- Suaeda salina B.Nord.
- Suaeda salsa (L.) Pall.
- Suaeda scabra Lomon.
- Suaeda sibirica Lomon. & Freitag
- Suaeda spicata (Willd.) Moq.
- Suaeda splendens (Pourr.) Gren. & Godr.
- Suaeda stellatiflora G.L.Chu
- Suaeda tampicensis (Standl.) Standl.
- Suaeda taxifolia (Standl.) Standl.
- Suaeda tschujensis Lomon. & Freitag
- Suaeda turgida G.L.Chu
- Suaeda turkestanica Litv.
- Suaeda tuvinica Lomon. & Freitag
- Suaeda vera Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.
- Suaeda vermiculata Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.
Suaeda Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Onomat. Bot. Compl. 8: 797 (1776)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
- Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Cao, R. (eds.) in Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 1: 1-779. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- F.T.A. 6, 1: 91.
- Introd. Hist. Nat. 333 (1777)
Flora Zambesiaca
- Introd. Hist. Nat.: 33 (1777) excl. verba “Capsula quinquevalvis … polysperma”
- vide Brenan, F.T.E.A., Chenopodiaceae: 21 (1954).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Introd. Hist. Nat. 333 (1777), excl. verba falsa: “Capsula quinquevalvis . . . polysperma”
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Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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