A re-examination of the salicornias (Amaranthaceae) of Saudi Arabia and their polymorphs
Joint Authors
al-Turki, Turki Ali
Swarupanandan, K.
Davy, Anthony J.
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 24, Issue 7 (30 Nov. 2017), pp.1588-1600, 13 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2017-11-30
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
During the period from 1964 to 1999 Saudi Arabian species of Salicornia were wrongly treated under the European species, S.
europaea L.
Recent explorations proved that there are two separate allopatric species of Salicornia in Saudi Arabia, one inhabiting the inland salt-marshes of the Najd (highlands) and the other inhabiting the Arabian Gulf Coast (lowlands).
Morphological, ecological and exploratory studies confirm that they are two distinct species.
The two species differ in features of bark, axillary spikes, basal vegetative segment(s) of spike, fertile segments, colour of senescent plants, and flowering, fruiting and germination phenology.
As both the species have been described earlier from Iran, they are now new records for Saudi Arabia.
The species are, S.
persica ssp.
iranica (Akhani) Kadereit & Piirainen and S.
sinus-persica Akhani.
S.
sinus-persica, of which the status was thought doubtful has been confirmed.
Both the species have been described and illustrated.
Each species comprises a number of polymorphs.
As leaves and flowers are rudimentary, confusing species circumscriptions, a proliferation of binomials has resulted in the taxonomy of Salicornia.
To mitigate such confusion, the full range of variability of the Saudi Arabian species has been documented.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Turki, Turki Ali& Swarupanandan, K.& Davy, Anthony J.. 2017. A re-examination of the salicornias (Amaranthaceae) of Saudi Arabia and their polymorphs. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 24, no. 7, pp.1588-1600.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-781641
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Turki, Turki Ali…[et al.]. A re-examination of the salicornias (Amaranthaceae) of Saudi Arabia and their polymorphs. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 24, no. 7 (Nov. 2017), pp.1588-1600.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-781641
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Turki, Turki Ali& Swarupanandan, K.& Davy, Anthony J.. A re-examination of the salicornias (Amaranthaceae) of Saudi Arabia and their polymorphs. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2017. Vol. 24, no. 7, pp.1588-1600.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-781641
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 1600
Record ID
BIM-781641