| Halophytum ameghinoi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Halophytaceae A. Soriano |
| Genus: | Halophytum |
| Species: | H. ameghinoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Halophytum ameghinoi (Speg.) Speg. |
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Halophytum ameghinoi is a species of herbaceous plant endemic to Patagonia. It is a succulent annual plant, with simple, fleshy, alternate leaves. The plants are monoecious, with solitary female flowers and inflorescences of male flowers on the same plant [1].
Halophytum has sometimes been placed in its own family, Halophytaceae. For instance, the 2003 APG II system does recognise such a family and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots, although the 1998 APG system had not recognised such a family, placing its members in the family Chenopodiaceae instead.
References
- ^ L. Watson & M. J. Dallwitz (2006-06-02). "The families of flowering plants: Halophytaceae". http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/halophyt.htm.
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