Sarcocornia

Sarcocornia

Synonymy

Sarcocornia A.J.Scott in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 75: 366. 1978 sec. Kadereit & al. (2006a)

• ≡Salicornia sect. Perennes Duval-Jouve ex Moss in J. Bot. 49: 178. 1911 syn. sec. Kühn (1993)
• Type: Sarcocornia perennis (Mill.) A.J.Scott

• =Salicornia subg. Arthrocnemoides Ung.-Sternb., Vers. Syst. Salicorn.: 54. 1866 syn. sec. Kühn (1993)

Content

• Notes

Notes

Sarcocornia belongs to Salicornieae and comprises c. 28 species of perennial, stem-succulent halophytes distributed worldwide (Alonso & Crespo 2008; Steffen & al. 2010; de la Fuente & al. 2013). The genus is paraphyletic with respect to Salicornia. A wordwide molecular phylogenetic study shows the multiple parallel evolution of prostrate, mat-forming habits (Steffen & al. 2015).