Tecticornia verrrucosa is a species of plant that is succulent and halophyte (salt tolerant). This plant was a member of the Chenopodiaceae,[1] which are now included in family Amaranthaceae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Tecticornia |
| Species: | T. verrucosa
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| Tecticornia verrucosa | |
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T. verrucosa was first described in 1972 by Paul Wilson.[2]
It is an annual or short-lived perennial which grows to 40 cm high, which branches at the occasionally woody base. The inflorescence is a set of opposite and decussate lateral sessile spikes, at right angles to the branch. They are cylindrical and 10–20 mm long by 6 mm diam. The flowers are triads with free tepals below and slightly united above.[3]
It grows on coastal mud flats, slightly saline clay pans, and inland freshwater.[3]
The Walmajarri people of the southern Kimberley call this plant Mungily.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "Tecticornia verrucosa". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ P G Wilson (1972). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Tecticornia (Chenopodiaceae)". Nuytsia. 1 (3): 284, 286, Figs 1 A-C, 3. doi:10.58828/NUY00013. ISSN 0085-4417. Wikidata Q100729854.
- ^ a b Paul G.Wilson (2020). "Tecticornia verrucosa". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ Bessie Doonday; Charmia Samuels; Evelyn (Martha) Clancy; et al. (2013). "Walmajarri plants and animals". Northern Territory Botanical Bulletin. 42: 87. Wikidata Q106088428.
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