Suaeda monoica

Suaeda monoica is a species of flowering plant in the sea-blite genus Suaeda, largely native to the shores of the Indian Ocean from South Africa to Sri Lanka, and salty areas inland.^[2] It has been introduced in Argentina.^[2] It exhibits phenotypic plasticity, with leaves that are much more succulent when grown under higher salinity conditions.^[3] Its leaves are edible, and it is used as an animal fodder plant where it grows.^[4]

Suaeda monoica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Suaeda
Species:	S. monoica
Binomial name
Suaeda monoica Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Lerchia monoica (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Kuntze Salsola lana Edgew. Salsola monoica (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Forsyth f. Schoberia monoica (Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.) Steud. Suaeda baluchestanica Akhani & Podlech Suaeda nudiflora Thwaites Suaeda vera subsp. brevifolia (Moq.) Castrov. & Cirujano

References

1. Onomat. Bot. Compl. 8: 798 (1776)
2. "Suaeda monoica Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
3. Storey, Richard; Jones, R. Gareth Wyn (1979). "Responses of Atriplex spongiosa and Suaeda monoica to Salinity". Plant Physiology. 63 (1): 156–162. doi:10.1104/pp.63.1.156. PMC 542787. PMID 16660671.
4. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2012). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. p. 3611. ISBN 9781482250640.