Amaranthaceae
Salicornia

Salicornia perennis Mill.

First published in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Europe to S. Africa, SE. Alaska to W. Oregon, S. Mexico, Caribbean to Venezuela, Colombia to S. South America. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
Perennial by a woody rootstock; main stems trailing or decumbent, up to 60 cm long or more, rooting at nodes, the branches ascending or erect; ultimate branchlets terete, ca. 1 mm thick between the nodes
Morphology General Scales
Scales connate to form a shallow cup surrounding each node of the branchlets
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Fertile spikes 1–4 cm long, scarcely distinguishable from the sterile branchlets, their joints about as long as thick, the flowers about equalling the joints in length.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. N. American coasts of the Atlantic Ocean, also occurring in the northwestern half of the West Indies and along the Gulf of Mexico.
Ecology
Chiefly on saline shores and salt flats.
[Cayman]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/192003584/192139092

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Distribution
Native to Colombia.
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Colombia
[CPLC]

Chenopodiaceae, J. P. M. Brenan. Flora Zambesiaca 9:1. 1988

Morphology General Habit
Prostrate or decumbent herb forming mats 10–25 cm. high.
Morphology Stem
Sterile segments 3–5 mm. in diam., “dull green to shiny green, fading to yellow or reddish-brown” (Tölken, l.c. supra.) Spikes 15–35 (50) mm. long, tapering in flower, cylindrical in fruit.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers 3 in a cluster, rarely 4 or 5, not hidden by bract below.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
Perianth truncate, with a lateral shield in whose centre the perianth opens.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds brown; testa clothed with minute hairs recurved or coiled at apex.
[FZ]

Sources

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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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