Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. (7 February 1880), Genera Plantarum 3(1): 65 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Salicornia robusta F.Muell. (nom. superfl. = Pachycornia triandra (F.Muell.) J.Black

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 30 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Salicornia L. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 206 [secondary reference]

common name: Samphire [n/a]

• Etymology: Greek pakhys, thick, and the termination cornia in Salicornia.

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 320-321 [secondary reference]

common name: Samphire [n/a]

• Etymology: "Greek pakhys, thick, and the termination cornia in Salicornia"

Wilson, Paul G. (24 July 1980), A revision of the Australian species of Salicornieae (Chenopodiaceae). Nuytsia 3(1): 16 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Type species: P. triandra (F.Muell.) Black"

• Etymology: "from the Greek word pachy = thick and the Latin word cornu = a horn, but also evidently cognate with the name Salicornia which is a latinization of the French word salicot."

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 103 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 105 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Sclerostegia Paul G.Wilson legitimate

Wilson, Paul G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Chenopodiaceae (Chenopodium, Dysphania, Rhagodia, Sclerobitum, Monolepis, Atriplex, enchylaena, Neobassia, Stelligera, Threlkeldia, Babbagia, Halosarcia, Tecticornia, Sclerostegia, Pachycornia, Salsola) ). Flora of Central Australia: 75 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 308 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 237 [secondary reference]

Kuhn, U. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Chenopodiaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 272 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 195 [secondary reference]

common name: Desert Glasswort [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 237 [secondary reference]

Shepherd, K.A. & Wilson, Paul G. (5 September 2007), Incorporation of the Australian genera Halosarcia, Pachycornia, Sclerostegia and Tegicornia into Tecticornia (Salicornioideae, Chenopodiaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 20(4): 323 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Tecticornia Hook.f. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Tecticornia Hook.f. legitimate

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 619 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Pachychornia S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Pickard orth. var.

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