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Arthrocnemum macrostachyum (Glaucous Glasswort) |
Arthrocnemum macrostachyum (AMARANTHACEAE.) Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Arthrocnemum macrostachyum(Moric.) K.Koch Published in Hort. Dendrol. 96 (1853) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Amaranthaceae
Juss. (The Amaranth Family) 42 species from the Amaranthaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Glaucous Glasswort, Perennial Glasswort, Shrubby Glasswort | Maltese name(s) : | Almeridja tal-blat | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common
Frequent Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
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Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: CHAMEOPHYTE (dwarf or small shrubs)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Jul-Oct | Colour of Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
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Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Arid coastal rock very close to the sea |
Botanical Description: |
More or less erect shrub up to 1 m, glaucous, becoming yellowish-green or reddish. Cymes protruding, free, falling to leave 1 hollow in the segment; flowers extending to not more than 1/3 of the length of the segment. Seeds black; testa hard, tuberculate; endosperm abundant. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=36 |
Distributional range: |
Coasts of S. Europe |
Distributional map in Europe and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe. (from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, the Balaeric Islands, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region. (Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE(G) Ag Al Bl(I M N) Ca(C F L) Co Cr Ct Cy Eg Ga(F) Gr Hs(S) Ir It Jo Le Li Lu Ma Sa Si(M S) Sl Sn Sy Tn Tu(A) |
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