Rhagodia
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Rhagodia is a genus
of shrub
s native to Australia
. They are common in salt marsh
and may be succulent, like other salt tolerant species its members are commonly known as saltbushes.
Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of shrub
Shrub
A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...
s native to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. They are common in salt marsh
Salt marsh
A salt marsh is an environment in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and salt water or brackish water, it is dominated by dense stands of halophytic plants such as herbs, grasses, or low shrubs. These plants are terrestrial in origin and are essential to the stability of the salt marsh...
and may be succulent, like other salt tolerant species its members are commonly known as saltbushes.
Species include:
- Rhagodia acicularis Paul G.Wilson (Wongan Rhagodia)
- Rhagodia baccataRhagodia baccataRhagodia baccata, commonly known as Berry Saltbush, is a species of shrub endemic to Western Australia.-Description:It is a spreading shrub up to two metres high, with elliptical leaves, and flowers that occur in a panicle. It bears red berries....
(Labill.) Moq. (Berry Saltbush) - Rhagodia candolleanaRhagodia candolleanaRhagodia candolleana is a shrub in the Chenopodiaceae family, native to Australia.-Description:This species forms a dense shrub up to 2 metres in height...
Moq. - Rhagodia crassifolia R.Br. (Fleshy Saltbush)
- Rhagodia drummondii Moq.
- Rhagodia eremaea Paul G.Wilson (Thorny Saltbush)
- Rhagodia latifoliaRhagodia latifoliaRhagodia latifolia is a species of shrub endemic to midwest Western Australia.-Description:It grows as a shrub from 40 centimetres to two metres high, leathery, elliptical leaves, and panicles of green flowers.-Taxonomy:...
(Benth.) Paul G.Wilson - Rhagodia parabolica R.Br.
- Rhagodia preissii Moq.
- Rhagodia spinescens R.Br. (Spiny Saltbush)
- Rhagodia ulicina (Gand.) Paul G.Wilson