Suaeda monoica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Suaeda |
Species: | S. monoica |
Binomial name | |
Suaeda monoica | |
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Suaeda monoica is a species of flowering plant in the sea-blite genus Suaeda, largely native to the shores of the Indian Ocean from South Africa to Sri Lanka, and salty areas inland.[2] It has been introduced in Argentina.[2] It exhibits phenotypic plasticity, with leaves that are much more succulent when grown under higher salinity conditions.[3] Its leaves are edible, and it is used as an animal fodder plant where it grows.[4]
References
- ↑ Onomat. Bot. Compl. 8: 798 (1776)
- 1 2 3 "Suaeda monoica Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ↑ Storey, Richard; Jones, R. Gareth Wyn (1979). "Responses of Atriplex spongiosa and Suaeda monoica to Salinity". Plant Physiology. 63 (1): 156–162. doi:10.1104/pp.63.1.156. PMC 542787. PMID 16660671.
- ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2012). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. p. 3611. ISBN 9781482250640.
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