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Halophyte

A halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs and seashores. The word derives from Ancient Greek ἅλας (halas) 'salt' and φυτόν (phyton) 'plant'. An example of a halophyte is the salt marsh grass Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass). Relatively few plant species are halophytes—perhaps only 2% of all plant species. A halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs and seashores. The word derives from Ancient Greek ἅλας (halas) 'salt' and φυτόν (phyton) 'plant'. An example of a halophyte is the salt marsh grass Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass). Relatively few plant species are halophytes—perhaps only 2% of all plant species. The large majority of plant species are glycophytes, which are not salt-tolerant and are damaged fairly easily by high salinity. Halophytes can be classified in many ways. According to Stocker (1933), it is mainly of 3 kinds, viz. 1. Aqua-halines 2. Terrestro-halines 3. Aero-halines Again, according to Iversen (1936), these plants are classified with respect to the salinity of the soil on which they grow. 1. Oligo-halophytes (amount of NaCl in the soil is 0.01 to 0.1%) 2. Meso-halophytes (amount of NaCl in the soil is 0.1 to 1%)

[ "Salinity", "Climacoptera", "Suaeda glauca", "Suaeda japonica", "Suaeda aralocaspica", "Suaeda corniculata" ]
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