Salicornioideae

Salicornioideae
Salicornia europaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Amaranthaceae Subfamily: Salicornioideae
Genera
About 15; see text

The Salicornioideae is a subfamily of the Amaranthaceae, formerly in family Chenopodiaceae.^[1] Plants from the Salicornioideae are found around the world and are all succulent, coastal halophytes.^[1] It contains 15 genera.^[2] Molecular data supports its monophyly.^[3]

Genera

• Allenrolfea, Americas^[1]
• Arthrocnemum, Africa, Asia, and Europe^[1]
• Halocnemum, Asia and Europe^[1]
• Halopeplis, Africa, Asia, and Europe^[1]
• Halosarcia (sometimes included in Tecticornia)^[4][5]
• Halostachys, Asia^[1]
• Heterostachys, Central and South America^[1]
• Kalidium, Asia and Europe^[1]
• Microcnemum, Asia and Spain^[1]
• Pachycornia^[6] (sometimes included in Tecticornia)^[5]
• Salicornia^[1]
• Sarcocornia^[6]
• Sclerostegia^[6] (sometimes included in Tecticornia)^[5]
• Tecticornia^[4]
• Tegicornia^[6] (sometimes included in Tecticornia)^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Shepherd, K.A.; M. Waycott and A. Calladine (2004), "Radiation of the Australian Salicornioideae (Chenopodiaceae)--based on evidence from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences", American Journal of Botany 91 (9): 1387, doi:10.3732/ajb.91.9.1387, http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/91/9/1387, retrieved 2008-05-26 
2. ^ Shepherd, Ka; Macfarlane, Td; Colmer, Td (May 2005), "Morphology, anatomy and histochemistry of Salicornioideae (Chenopodiaceae) fruits and seeds." (Free full text), Annals of botany 95 (6): 917–33, doi:10.1093/aob/mci101, ISSN 0305-7364, PMID 15760916, http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15760916 
3. ^ Maxim V. Kapralova, Hossein Akhanib, Elena V. Voznesenskayac, Gerald Edwardsd, Vincent Franceschid, and Eric H. Roalson (2006), "Phylogenetic Relationships in the Salicornioideae / Suaedoideae / Salsoloideae s.l. (Chenopodiaceae) Clade and a Clarification of the Phylogenetic Position of Bienertia and Alexandra Using Multiple DNA Sequence Datasets", Systematic Botany 31 (3): 571–585, doi:10.1043/06-01.1 (inactive 2009-09-03), http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1043/06-01.1 
4. ^ ^{a b} Voznesenskaya, Ev; Akhani, H; Koteyeva, Nk; Chuong, Sd; Roalson, Eh; Kiirats, O; Franceschi, Vr; Edwards, Ge (2008), "Structural, biochemical, and physiological characterization of photosynthesis in two C4 subspecies of Tecticornia indica and the C3 species Tecticornia pergranulata (Chenopodiaceae)." (Free full text), Journal of experimental botany 59 (7): 1715–34, doi:10.1093/jxb/ern028, ISSN 0022-0957, PMID 18390850, http://jexbot.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=18390850 
5. ^ ^{a b c d} Shepherd, Kelly A. (2007), "Incorporation of the Australian genera Halosarcia, Pachycornia, Sclerostegia and Tegicornia into Tecticornia (Salicornioideae, Chenopodiaceae)", Australian Systematic Botany 20: 319, doi:10.1071/SB07002 
6. ^ ^{a b c d} Shepherd, K. A. (2003), "Chromosome number and size variations in the Australian Salicornioideae (Chenopodiaceae)—evidence of polyploidisation", Australian Journal of Botany 51: 441, doi:10.1071/BT03041 

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