- Halophytum
Taxobox
name = "Halophytum ameghinoi"
regnum =Plant ae
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 toPatagonia . It is asucculent annual plant , with simple, fleshy, alternate leaves. The plants aremonoecious , with solitary femaleflower s andinflorescence s 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 orderCaryophyllales in the cladecore eudicots , although the 1998APG system had not recognised such a family, placing its members in the familyChenopodiaceae instead.References
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