| Morphological and cytogenetic variations in S. brachystachya (G.F.W. Meyer) König and S. dolichostachya Moss were studied in some of Salicornia populations in the southwestern part of the Netherlands (fig. 1). Compared with Flora Europaea the first species includes those of the S. europaea group, whereas the latter species includes those of the S. procumbens group. The following morphological characters were studied: the dry seeds (fig. 2, table 1), the cotyledons (fig. 3, table 2), the stem internodes (fig. 4, table 3), the inflorescences (fig. 5, table 4), colour and succulence, the rooting system (fig. 6), the flower ratio (fig. 7a, 8), the segment ratio (fig. 8), the stem diameter (fig. 7b, 8). The species show a considerable overlap in all these... |
