Vegetative key to the families
Vegetative Key Vegetative key to the families
LEAVES REDUCED TO SCALES ON THE AERIAL STEMS
Chlorophyll present (some root parasites with a yellowish tinge in the cladodes)
Leaf-like cladodes absent
Cladodes succulent
Cladodes without spines. Salt marsh plants (Sarcocornia, Tecticornia) Chenopodiaceae
Plants apparently leafless with succulent jointed stems or branches
Leaves conspicuous; stems or branches not succulent