Suaeda

Taxobox
name = "Suaeda"


image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Suaeda maritima"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Chenopodiaceae
genus = "Suaeda"
genus_authority = Forssk. ex J.F. Gmel.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = About 115, see text

"Suaeda" is a genus of plants containing species known generally as seepweeds and seablites. Many are halophytes, and many can tolerate very alkaline soils. Some species have thick, juicy leaves that resemble those of ice-plant. "Suaeda californica" is an endangered species in California, and "Suaeda linearis" is listed as endangered in New York State.

Selected species:
*"Suaeda aralocaspica" - formerly known as "Borszczowia aralocaspica", a central asian halophyte
*"Suaeda australis" - Austral seablite
*"Suaeda calceoliformis" - Pursh seepweed, broom seepweed, horned seablite
*"Suaeda californica" - California seablite
*"Suaeda conferta" - beach seepweed
*"Suaeda corniculata" - jiao guo jian peng
*"Suaeda esteroa" - estuary seablite
*"Suaeda glauca" - jian peng
*"Suaeda linearis" - annual seepweed, narrow-leaf seablite
*"Suaeda maritima" - herbaceous seepweed
*"Suaeda mexicana" - Mexican seepweed
*"Suaeda moquinii" - Mojave seablite
*"Suaeda nigra" - bush seepweed, romerillo
*"Suaeda occidentalis" - western seepweed
*"Suaeda rolandii" - Roland's seablite
*"Suaeda salina"
*"Suaeda suffrutescens" - desert seepweed
*"Suaeda tampicensis" - coastal seepweed
*"Suaeda taxifolia" - woolly seablite
*"Suaeda torreyana" - iodine weed
*"Suaeda vera" - alkali seepweed

External links

* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=SUAED&display=63 USDA Plants Profile: genus "Suaeda"]
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?11708 GRIN genus "Suaeda"]