Tecticornia halocnemoides

Tecticornia halocnemoides, commonly known as shrubby samphire or grey glasswort, is a species of succulent, salt tolerant plant endemic to Australia. It grows as a spreading or erect shrub up to fifty centimetres high. It was first published as Arthrocnemum halocnemoides in 1845, but transferred into Halosarcia in 1980, and into Tecticornia in 2007.

Shrubby samphire
Living specimen in the Great Sandy Strait
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Tecticornia
Species:	T. halocnemoides
Binomial name
Tecticornia halocnemoides (Nees) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson
Subspecies
T. halocnemoides subsp. halocnemoides T. halocnemoides subsp. caudata T. halocnemoides subsp. longispicata T. halocnemoides subsp. catenulata T. halocnemoides subsp. tenuis

It is a highly variable species, with five published subspecies, some of which are themselves highly variable. These are T. halocnemoides subsp. halocnemoides, T. halocnemoides subsp. caudata, T. halocnemoides subsp. longispicata, T. halocnemoides subsp. catenulata and T. halocnemoides subsp. tenuis. There is also an unpublished putative subspecies, which is currently given the manuscript name T. halocnemoides subsp. Lake Grace (N. Casson G231. 10).

References

• "Tecticornia halocnemoides (Nees) K.A.Sheph. & Paul G.Wilson". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
• "Halosarcia halocnemoides (Nees) Paul G.Wilson". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
• Wilson, Paul G. "Chenopodiaceae". Flora of Australia. Vol. IV. pp. 170–172.