Salicornia utahensis

Salicornia utahensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Salicornioideae
Tribus: Salicornieae
Genus: Salicornia
Species: Salicornia utahensis

Name

Salicornia utahensis Tidestr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 26: 13. (1913)

• Type. USA (Utah), collected near the shore of the Great Salt Lake. Kearney & Shantz 3249. Holotype: US.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Salicornia pacifica var. utahensis (Tidestr.) Munz, Man. S. Calif. Bot. [Munz] 142. (1935)
  • Sarcocornia utahensis (Tidestr.) A.J.Scott, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 75: 369. (1978)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southwestern U.S.A. Utah South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas Mexico Sonora, Coahuila References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Tidestrøm, I. 1913. A new Salicornia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 26(4): 13–14. BHL Reference page. 
• Munz, P.A. 1935. A Manual of Southern California Botany. Claremont. Reference page. 
• Scott, A.J. 1978. Reinstatement and revision of Salicorniaceae J. Agardh (Caryophyllales). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 75(4): 357–374. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1977.tb01493.x Reference page. 

Additional references

• Piirainen, M., Liebisch, O. & Kadereit, G. 2017. Phylogeny, biogeography, systematics and taxonomy of Salicornioideae (Amaranthaceae/Chenopodiaceae) – A cosmopolitan, highly specialized hygrohalophyte lineage dating back to the Oligocene. Taxon 66(1): 109–132. DOI: 10.12705/661.6 Reference page. 
• Steffen, S., Ball, P.W., Mucina, L. & Kadereit, G. 2015. Phylogeny, biogeography and ecological diversification of Sarcocornia (Salicornioideae, Amaranthaceae). Annals of Botany 115(3): 353–368. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu260 PMC: 4332613 . Reference page. 
• Ball, P.W.:
• eFloras 2008. Salicornia utahensis in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Salicornia utahensis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Salicornia utahensis. Published online. Accessed: May 22 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Salicornia utahensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Salicornia utahensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 May 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Utah swampfire

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