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Halosarcia is a genus of succulent, salt tolerant plant largely endemic to Australia. Of the 23 recorded species one is found along the shoreline of the Indian Ocean with the remainder being endemic to Australia.[1]
Species
- Halosarcia auriculata
- Halosarcia bulbosa (Large-articled Samphire) - Inland growing plant found in Western Australia and listed as being vulnerable to extinction.[2]
- Halosarcia calyptrata - a divaricately branched shrub ranging to 1 metre in height. Found across Western Australia in both sandy and clay soils, salt lakes, and saline claypans.[3]
- Halosarcia chartacea
- Halosarcia cupuliformis
- Halosarcia doleiformis
- Halosarcia entrichoma
- Halosarcia fimbriata
- Halosarcia flabelliformis (Bead Samphire or Bead Glasswort) - a woody, perrenial, salt tolerant plant growing up to 20 centimetres high in saltmarshes associated with salt lakes and saline flats and usually in monospecific patches. It is a deciduous shrub with fleshy branches, flowering and fruiting from January to May. H, flabelliformis is found in South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia with most of the population in South Australia. It is nationally listed as being vulnerable to extinction[4], with state by state listings as vulnerable in South Australia, threatened in Victoria and poorly known in Western Australia.[5]
- Halosarcia fontinalis
- Halosarcia halecnemoides
- Halosarcia indica - a variety with two subspecies
- Halosarcia lepidosperma
- Halosarcia leptoclada
- Halosarcia lylei
- Halosarcia nitida
- Halosarcia peltata
- Halosarcia pergranulata (Samphire) - found inland across much of Australia and, less often, in coastal saline areas.
- Halosarcia pluriflora
- Halosarcia pruinosa
- Halosarcia pterygosperma
- Halosarcia syncarpa
- Halosarcia undulata
References
- ^ Genus: Halosarcia. Iziko, Museums of Cape Town (2004). Retrieved on 2006-10-02.
- ^ Species Profile and Threats Database, Halosarcia bulbosa. Australian Government, Department for Environment and Heritage. Retrieved on 2006-10-02.
- ^ Halosarcia calyptrata. Florabase. Retrieved on 2006-10-18.
- ^ Threatened Flora of Eyre Peninsula. Australian Government, Department for Environment and Heritage. Retrieved on 2006-10-01.
- ^ Department of the environment, Australia (2004). EPBC Nomination to de-list from the Vulnerable category, Halosarcia flabelliformis (Bead Glasswort). Retrieved on 2007-02-07.
