Tecticornia bibenda

(Tecticornia bibenda)

Description

Tecticornia bibenda is a species of plant of the Salicornioideae family from Western Australia. Its segmented stem gives it an appearance similar to the Michelin Man. T. bibenda ranked tenth in the top species of 2008 by the International Institute for Species Exploration[1].

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Amaranthaceae
Genus:Tecticornia
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