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CYTOTAXONOMIC STATUS AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION OF SALICORNIA DOLICHOSTACHYA AND SALICORNIA BRACHYSTACHYA
Author(s) -
Huiskes A. H. L.,
Schat H.,
Elenbaas P. F. M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta botanica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0044-5983
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1985.tb01919.x
Subject(s) - botany , biology , flora (microbiology) , salt marsh , ecology , bacteria , genetics
SUMMARY Morphological studies on a number of field populations of Salicornia europaea agg. were made. Contrary to other studies two species were distinguished: Salicornia dolichostachya with 2n = 36 and Salicornia brachystachya with 2n = 18 (respectively S. procumbens agg. and S. europaea agg. in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al. 1964). A cyto‐taxonomical study under laboratory conditions showed that the morphological characteristics used to distinguish the two species in the field were functional. A demographic pilot study showed a different distribution of the two species over the salt marsh.