# Haloragis

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***Haloragis*** is a genus of flowering plants in the family [Haloragaceae](/source/Haloragaceae). Some species are known commonly as **seaberry** and most are native to the southern hemisphere. They are annual or perennial herbs to small shrubs, and many are terrestrial wetland plants.

## Taxonomy

The genus *Haloragis* includes 29 accepted species:[2]

- *[Haloragis aculeolata](/source/Haloragis_aculeolata)* Benth.
- *[Haloragis acutangula](/source/Haloragis_acutangula)* F.Muell.
- *[Haloragis aspera](/source/Haloragis_aspera)* Lindl.
- *[Haloragis digyna](/source/Haloragis_digyna)* Labill.
- *[Haloragis dura](/source/Haloragis_dura)* Orchard
- *[Haloragis eichleri](/source/Haloragis_eichleri)* Orchard
- *[Haloragis erecta](/source/Haloragis_erecta)* (Murray) Oken
- *[Haloragis exalata](/source/Haloragis_exalata)* F.Muell.
- *[Haloragis eyreana](/source/Haloragis_eyreana)* Orchard
- *[Haloragis foliosa](/source/Haloragis_foliosa)* Benth.
- *[Haloragis glauca](/source/Haloragis_glauca)* Lindl.
- *[Haloragis gossei](/source/Haloragis_gossei)* F.Muell.
- *[Haloragis hamata](/source/Haloragis_hamata)* Orchard
- *[Haloragis heterophylla](/source/Haloragis_heterophylla)* Brongn.
- *[Haloragis luminosa](/source/Haloragis_luminosa)* Wege & Orchard
- *[Haloragis maierae](/source/Haloragis_maierae)* Orchard
- *[Haloragis masafuerana](/source/Haloragis_masafuerana)* Skottsb.
- *[Haloragis masatierrana](/source/Haloragis_masatierrana)* Skottsb.
- *[Haloragis milesiae](/source/Haloragis_milesiae)* Peter G.Wilson & Makinson
- *[Haloragis myriocarpa](/source/Haloragis_myriocarpa)* Orchard
- *[Haloragis odontocarpa](/source/Haloragis_odontocarpa)* F.Muell.
- *[Haloragis platycarpa](/source/Haloragis_platycarpa)* Benth.
- *[Haloragis prostrata](/source/Haloragis_prostrata)* J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
- *[Haloragis scoparia](/source/Haloragis_scoparia)* Fenzl
- *[Haloragis serra](/source/Haloragis_serra)* Brongn.
- *[Haloragis stokesii](/source/Haloragis_stokesii)* F.Br.
- *[Haloragis stricta](/source/Haloragis_stricta)* R.Br. ex Benth.
- *[Haloragis trigonocarpa](/source/Haloragis_trigonocarpa)* F.Muell.
- *[Haloragis uncatipila](/source/Haloragis_uncatipila)* Orchard

A number of species, previously placed here, have subsequently been placed in other related genera, including:

- *Haloragis micrantha* (Thunb.) R.Br. ex Sieb. & Zucc. (*syn.* *[Gonocarpus micranthus](/source/Gonocarpus_micranthus)* [Thunb.](/source/Thunb.))[3][4][5]

### Etymology

The name is derived from two Greek words, *ἅλς - hals* (sea or salt) and *ῥάξ - rax* (grape-berry). This refers to the first discovered species being found on beaches and having globular fruit.[1]

## Distribution and habitat

Of the 28 species, 23 are endemic to Australia and the remainder to the South Pacific ([Tuvalu](/source/Tuvalu), [New Caledonia](/source/New_Caledonia), New Zealand, the [Cook Islands](/source/Cook_Islands), [Rapa Nui](/source/Rapa_Nui) and the [Juan Fernandez Islands](/source/Juan_Fernandez_Islands), e.g. *H. prostrata* (Cook Islands).[1]

## Cultivation

Some [cultivars](/source/Cultivars) are valued as [ornamentals](/source/Ornamentals), e.g. 'Wanganui Bronze', 'Wellington Bronze'.[6]

## References

1. Orchard 1990.

1. ["POWO"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19529-1)

1. Orchard 1979.

1. WFO 2019.

1. POWO 2019.

1. Les 2017.

## Bibliography

- Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Fay, Michael F.; Chase, Mark W. (2017). ["Saxifragales"](https://books.google.com/books?id=LLo7DwAAQBAJ). *Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants*. [University of Chicago Press](/source/University_of_Chicago_Press). pp. 231–244. ISBN 978-0-226-52292-0.
- Les, Donald H. (2017). [*Aquatic Dicotyledons of North America: Ecology, Life History, and Systematics*](https://books.google.com/books?id=w6QzDwAAQBAJ). [CRC Press](/source/CRC_Press). ISBN 978-1-351-64440-2.
- Moody, Michael L. & Les, Donald H. (2007). ["Phylogenetic Systematics and Character Evolution in the Angiosperm Family Haloragaceae"](http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/les/Manuscript_Files/AJB_94%282005%29%5B2007%5D.pdf). *[American Journal of Botany](/source/American_Journal_of_Botany)*. **94** (12): 2005–2025. [doi:10.3732/ajb.94.12.2005](https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.94.12.2005). [ISSN 0002-9122](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0002-9122). [JSTOR 27733378](https://www.jstor.org/stable/27733378). [PMID 21636395](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21636395)
- Orchard, A. E. (1979). "*Myriophyllum* (Haloragaceae) in Australasia. I. New Zealand: A Revision of the Genus and a Synopsis of the Family". *[Brunonia](/source/Brunonia_(journal))*. **2**: 247–287. [CiteSeerX 10.1.1.492.3964](https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.492.3964). [doi:10.1071/bru9850173](https://doi.org/10.1071/bru9850173)
- WFO (2019). ["Haloragis J.R. Forst. & G. Forst."](http://worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000016776). *[World Flora Online](/source/World_Flora_Online)*. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- POWO (2019). ["Haloragis J.R.Forst. & G.Forst."](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19529-1). *Plants of the World Online*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew). Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- Orchard, A E (1990). ["Haloragis"](http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=46608). *[Flora of Australia](/source/Flora_of_Australia_(series)) Online vol.18*. [ABRS](/source/Australian_Biological_Resources_Study). Retrieved 11 November 2019.

## External links

- [Jepson Manual Treatment](http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4503,4504)
- [Species List](http://www.plantsystematics.org/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Haloragis&rank=genus)

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