Halophytum

Taxobox
name = "Halophytum ameghinoi"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Halophytaceae
familia_authority = A. Soriano
genus = "Halophyton"
species = "H. ameghinoi"
binomial = "Halophytum ameghinoi"
binomial_authority = (Speg.) Speg.

"Halophytum ameghinoi" is a species of herbaceous plant endemic to Patagonia. It is a succulent annual plant, with simple, fleshy, alternate leaves. The plants are monoecious, with solitary female flowers and inflorescences of male flowers on the same plant [Cite web |title=The families of flowering plants: Halophytaceae |author=L. Watson & M. J. Dallwitz |date=2006-06-02 |url=http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/halophyt.htm] .

"Halophytum" has sometimes been placed in its own family, Halophytaceae. For instance, the 2003 APG II system does recognise such a family and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots, although the 1998 APG system had not recognised such a family, placing its members in the family Chenopodiaceae instead.

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