Salicornia fruticosa (L.) L.

Salicornia fruticosa (L.) L.

Synonymy

    • =Arthrocnemum fruticosum (L.) Moq.
    • =Sarcocornia fruticosa (L.) A.J. Scott

    Distribution

    GR(IoI SPi Pe StE EC NC NE NAe WAe Kik EAe

    Greece (East Aegean islands present; East Central Greece present; Ionian Islands present; Kiklades present; North Aegean islands present; North Central Greece present; North-East Greece present; Peloponnisos present; South Pindos present; Sterea Ellas present; West Aegean islands present)

    Status

    Native / Non Range-Restricted

    Chorology

    Mediterranean-Atlantic

    Life-form

    Chamaephyte

    Habitat

    Coastal habitats

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

    Notes

    Recent molecular findings (Piirainen & al. 2017) show that Salicornia L. and Sarcocornia A.J. Scott are actually congeneric. Therefore, the separation of the two genera in recent Greek floristic literature (derived from Scott 1978) is obsolete.

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