{"id":1223711,"date":"2013-08-05T12:24:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T12:24:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:36:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:06:19","slug":"tecticornia-indica","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/tecticornia-indica\/","title":{"rendered":"Tecticornia indica"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tecticornia indica<\/em> (Willd.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson, Austral. Syst. Bot. 20: 327 (2007<\/em>). (syn: Arthrocnemum indicum<\/em> (Willd.) Moq.<\/font><\/a>; Halosarcia indica<\/em> (Willd.) Paul G.Wilson<\/font><\/a>; Salicornia indica<\/em> Willd.<\/font><\/a>; Sarcathria indica<\/em> (Willd.) Raf.<\/font><\/a>) as per POWO<\/a>;<\/div>\n

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Tecticornia<\/em> indica<\/i> (Willd.) K. A. Sheph. & Paul G. Wilson subsp. indica<\/em> (Syn: (\u2261) Arthrocnemum indicum<\/font><\/i><\/a> (Willd.) Moq.; (\u2261) Halosarcia indica<\/font><\/i><\/a> (Willd.) Paul G. Wilson; (\u2261) Salicornia indica<\/font><\/i><\/a> Willd. (basionym)) as per GRIN<\/a><\/span>;<\/div>\n
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Native range is Coasts of Dry Tropical Africa to KwaZulu-Natal, Indian Subcontinent<\/font>, Vietnam, Jawa to N. Australia; Angola, Bangladesh, India<\/font>, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Mauritania, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Northern Territory, Pakistan<\/font>, Queensland, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka<\/font>, Tanzania, Vietnam, Western Australia<\/font> as per POWO<\/font><\/a>;<\/div>\n
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Submission of Arthrocnemum indicum<\/a> :\u00a02 posts by 2 authors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Plant name: Arthrocnemum indicum<\/em> Thw., \u00a0Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 246. 1861.<\/div>\n
Ver.names: Glosswort, brown headed glosswort<\/strong> (Eng.); Pogadala chettu, koyyapippili \u0c2a\u0c4a\u0c17\u0c21\u0c3e\u0c32\u0c1a\u0c46\u0c1f\u0c4d\u0c1f\u0c41, \u0c15\u0c4a\u0c2f\u0c4d\u0c2f\u0c2a\u0c3f\u0c2a\u0c4d\u0c2a\u0c3f\u0c32\u0c3f <\/strong>(Tel.).<\/div>\n
Family: Amaranthaceae<\/em><\/div>\n
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Halophytic, succulent, much branched shrubs with jointed leafless stems; base woody; \u00a0stem mat forming, up to 50cm tall. Branches glaucous – green; erect or ascending, fleshy and jointed, 3-8 mm in diam., sometimes rooting at nodes; inter nodal segments usually club-shaped, each with a pair of opposite, terminal cups embracing the base of the next segment. Flowers minute, in simple cymes (hermaphrodite or unisexual) \u00a0immersed in the nodal cup. Perianth 4-fid, swollen and spongy in fruit. Stamens 1. Style with 2 stigmas. Utricle with membranous or indurated pericarp.<\/font>\u00a0<\/div>\n
Habitat & location: Found in saline marshy places and sea coasts.<\/font><\/div>\n
Photographed at Lakshmipuram, Nellore district<\/font><\/p>\n
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Thanks, … GBIF<\/font><\/a> states it to be doubtful species.<\/div>\n
Catalogue of Life<\/font><\/a> (2016) does not list it, while the Plant List Ver.1.1<\/font><\/a> states it to be unresolved.\u00a0<\/div>\n
CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names …<\/font><\/a> By Umberto Quattrocchi (2013) list it as a syn. of Arthrocnemum indicum<\/i> (Willd.) Moq.<\/font><\/a> (synonym for Halosarcia indica <\/strong>(Willd.) Paul G. Wilson<\/font><\/a>)<\/div>\n
Salicornia<\/i> brachiata<\/i> Miq.\tas per IBIS Flora<\/font><\/a> is a synonym<\/font><\/a> of Halosarcia<\/i> indica<\/i> <\/strong>(Willd.) Paul G.Wilson<\/font><\/a> as per The Plant List ver. 1.1\u00a0<\/p>\n
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There appears to be some nomenclature issue here. <\/div>\n
It should be Tecticornia indica<\/em> <\/strong>subsp. indica<\/strong><\/em> (syn. Arthrocnemum indicum<\/em> (Willd.) Moq.; Salicornia indica<\/em> Willd.) as per POWO<\/font><\/a> and Catalogue of Life<\/font><\/a>.<\/div>\n
Arthrocnemum indicum<\/em> Thw. syn. of <\/font>Salicornia brachiata <\/strong>Roxb.<\/font><\/a> looks different as per <\/font>POWO<\/font><\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n
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yes , during the period there is a nomenclature change-\u00a0Tecticornia indica<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>subsp.\u00a0indica<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(syn.\u00a0Arthrocnemum indicum<\/em>\u00a0(Willd.) Moq.;<\/p>\n

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MS\/ID\/SEPT\/2020\/3 – ID of the herb<\/a> : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments<\/span> (2)<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Please ID the\u00a0plant\u00a0grown in a marshy area.<\/font>\u00a0Photographed\u00a0in Chennai.<\/font>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Sarcocornia<\/font><\/em><\/span> <\/font>sps<\/font> ???<\/font><\/font>\u00a0<\/div>\n

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it is Arthrocnemum indicum<\/em><\/p>\n
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It should be Tecticornia indica<\/em> <\/strong>subsp. indica<\/strong><\/em> (syn. Arthrocnemum indicum<\/em> (Willd.) Moq.; Salicornia indica<\/em> Willd.) as per POWO<\/font><\/a> and Catalogue of Life<\/font><\/a>.<\/div>\n
Arthrocnemum indicum<\/em> Thw. syn. of <\/font>Salicornia brachiata <\/strong>Roxb.<\/font><\/a> looks different as per <\/font>POWO<\/font><\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n
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Salicornea\u00a0brachiata<\/em> is not found in this area<\/font><\/p>\n

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POWO<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 Catalogue of life<\/a>\u00a0 <\/font>GRIN<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span> <\/span>India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0 IPNI<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Flora of Mozambique<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 <\/font>IBIS Flora<\/a> Wikipedia<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Useful Tropical Plants<\/a>\u00a0 Prota<\/a>\u00a0<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tecticornia indica (Willd.) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson, Austral. Syst. Bot. 20: 327 (2007). (syn: Arthrocnemum indicum (Willd.) Moq.; Halosarcia indica (Willd.) Paul G.Wilson; Salicornia indica Willd.; Sarcathria indica (Willd.) Raf.) as per POWO; Tecticornia indica (Willd.) K. A. Sheph. & Paul G. Wilson subsp. indica (Syn: (\u2261) Arthrocnemum indicum (Willd.)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5444],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1223711","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-tecticornia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1223711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1223711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1223711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1223711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1223711"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1223711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}