Tribe
Salicornieae
Salicornia pacifica. Photo: (c) Dani Montijo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The Salicornioideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Amaranthaceae (sensu lato, including the Chenopodiaceae). Important characters are succulent, often articulated stems, strongly reduced leaves, and flowers aggregated in thick, dense spike-shaped thyrses. These halophytic plants are distributed worldwide.
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