Submission of Arthrocnemum indicum

[Lalithamba Avadhanam]

Plant name: Arthrocnemum indicum Thw.,  Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 246. 1861.

Ver.names: Glosswort, brown headed glosswort (Eng.); Pogadala chettu, koyyapippiliపొగడాలచెట్టు, కొయ్యపిప్పిలి (Tel.).

Family: Amaranthaceae

Description:

Halophytic, succulent, much branched shrubs with jointed leafless stems; base woody;  stem 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)  immersed in the nodal cup. Perianth 4-fid, swollen and spongy in fruit. Stamens 1. Style with 2 stigmas. Utricle with membranous or indurated pericarp. 

Habitat & location: Found in saline marshy places and sea coasts.

Photographed at Lakshmipuram, Nellore district

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A.Lalithamba

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Lalithamba ji.

GBIF states it to be doubtful species.

Catalogue of Life (2016) does not list it, while the Plant List Ver.1.1 states it to be unresolved. 

CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names ... By Umberto Quattrocchi (2013) list it as a syn. of Arthrocnemum indicum (Willd.) Moq. (synonym for Halosarcia indica (Willd.) Paul G. Wilson)

Salicornia brachiata Miq. as per IBIS Flora is a synonym of Halosarcia indica (Willd.) Paul G.Wilson as per The Plant List ver. 1.1

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[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Lalithamba ji,

There appears to be some nomenclature issue here.

It should be Tecticornia indica subsp. indica (syn. Arthrocnemum indicum (Willd.) Moq.; Salicornia indica Willd.) as per POWO and Catalogue of Life.

Arthrocnemum indicum Thw. syn. of Salicornia brachiata Roxb. looks different as per POWO.

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Lalithamba ji.

On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 13:58, Lalithamba Avadhanam <alali...@gmail.com> wrote:

yes , during the period there is a nomenclature change  Tecticornia indica subsp. indica (syn. Arthrocnemum indicum (Willd.) Moq.;

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