Plant Details

Accepted name:: Salicornia europaea L. [Amaranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abu-sak	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
chicken's-claws	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chicken-claws	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common glasswort	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ghassul	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
hatab- haddadah	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
marsh samphire	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pigeon's-foot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
samphire	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
slender glasswort	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tungtungmadi	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yan jiao cao	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ابو ساق	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
حطب حداده	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
غسول	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
海蓬子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 34 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Salicornia europaea var. herbacea L. Sp. Pl.: 3 (1753).
Salicornia herbacea (L.) L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 5 (1762).
Salicornia annua Sm. Engl. Bot. 6: t. 415 (1797).
Salicornia appressa Dumort. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 333 (1866).
Salicornia biennis Afzel. ex Sm. Fl. Brit. 1: 2 (1800).
Salicornia brachystachya (G.Mey.) D.König Mitt. Florist.-Soziol. Arbeitsgem., n.s., 8: 11 (1960).
Salicornia brachystachya var. gracilis D.König Mitt. Florist.-Soziol. Arbeitsgem., n.s., 8: 11, 49 (1960).
Salicornia europaea proles annua (Sm.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 12: 58 (1910).
Salicornia europaea subsp. brachystachya (G.Mey.) R.Dahmen & Wissk. in R.Wisskirchen & H.Haeupler, Standardliste Farn- und Blütenpfl. Deutschl.: 448 (1998).
Salicornia europaea subsp. herbacea (L.) O.Schwarz Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges., n.s., 1: 97 (1949).
Salicornia europaea var. pachystachya (W.D.J.Koch) Fernald Rhodora 9: 206 (1907).
Salicornia gracillima Moss J. Bot. 49: 182 (1911).
Salicornia herbacea proles annua (Sm.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 12: 58 (1910).
Salicornia herbacea var. annua (Sm.) Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 2 (1813).
Salicornia herbacea var. appressa Dumort. Prodr. Fl. Belg.: 23 (1827), nom. nud.
Salicornia herbacea var. biennis (Afzel. ex Sm.) Fiori Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 426 (1923).
Salicornia herbacea var. brachystachya G.Mey. Hannover. Mag. 19: 24, 178 (1824).
Salicornia herbacea var. gracilis G.Mey. Hannover. Mag. 19: 178 (1824), nom. illeg.
Salicornia herbacea var. pachystachya W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2: 693 (1844).
Salicornia herbacea var. pusilla Hook.f. Student. Fl. Brit. Isl.: 321 (1870).
Salicornia herbacea var. radicans Roth Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1(1): 86 (1827).
Salicornia herbacea var. ramosissima Hook.f. Student. Fl. Brit. Isl.: 320 (1870).
Salicornia herbacea var. stricta (Dumort.) Corb. Nouv. Fl. Normandie: 495 (1894), nom. illeg.
Salicornia intermedia J.Woods Bot. Gaz. (London) 3(27): 30 (1851).
Salicornia megastachya J.Woods Proc. Linn. Soc. London 2: 113 (1851).
Salicornia peregrina Weinm. ex Ung.-Sternb. Atti Congr. Int. Bot. Firenze 1874: 309 (1876).
Salicornia pusilla (Hook.f.) E.S.Marshall in H.C.Watson & auct. suc. (eds.), London Cat. Brit. Pl., ed. 10: 33 (1908).
Salicornia radicans Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 292 (1823), nom. illeg.
Salicornia ramosissima (Hook.f.) J.Woods ex W.A.Clarke & E.S.Marshall in H.C.Watson & auct. suc. (eds.), London Cat. Brit. Pl., ed. 10: 33 (1908).
Salicornia ramosissima var. gracilis (D.König) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 6: 400 (1960).
Salicornia salsola Montbret ex Ung.-Sternb. Atti Congr. Int. Bot. Firenze 1874: 310 (1876).
Salicornia simonkaiana Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 6: 401 (1960), nom. provis.
Salicornia smithiana Moss J. Bot. 49: 183 (1911).
Salicornia stricta Dumort. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 334 (1868).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Salicornia europaea L.	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Salicornia europaea L. var. herbacea L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Salicornia europoea L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Salicornia herbacea L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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