Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Chenopodiaceae Vent.
Tecticornia Hook.f. , legitimate , scientific
Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. (7 February 1880) , Genera Plantarum 3(1)
65
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Tecticornia cinerea (F.Muell.) Baill.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
30
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Salicornia L. legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
409
[secondary reference]
Backer, C.A. (December 1949) , Chenopodiaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(2)
103-104
[secondary reference]
Wilson, Paul G. (14 November 1972) , A taxonomic revision of the genus Tecticornia (Chenopodiaceae). Nuytsia 1(3)
278
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"From the Greek words tectum , a roof, and cornu a horn,. Presumably alluding to the manner in which the outer margin of the bracts forms a covering to the spike.
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
74
[secondary reference]
Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984) , Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4
302
[secondary reference]
Wilson, Paul G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Chenopodiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region
105-106
[secondary reference]
Kuhn, U. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993) , Chenopodiaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2
273
[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)
323-324
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Pachycornia Hook.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tegicornia Paul G.Wilson legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Sclerostegia Paul G.Wilson legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Halosarcia Paul G.Wilson legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Pachycornia Hook.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arthrocnemum sect. Trachysperma J.M.Black legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arthrocnemum sect. Leiosperma J.M.Black legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arthrocnemum subg. Angianthemum Moss legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tegicornia Paul G.Wilson legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Sclerostegia Paul G.Wilson legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Halosarcia Paul G.Wilson legitimate
pro parte misapplication:
Salicornia L. legitimate
by Bentham, G. (1870) , Flora Australiensis 5
misapplication:
Arthrocnemum Moq. legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1919) , A revision of the Australian Salicornieae. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 43
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
845
[secondary reference]
