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|accepted_name=Batis
|accepted_authority=P. Browne
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica,
|place=356. 1756
|year=1756
}}
|common_names=Saltwort
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Bataceae;Batis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Bataceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Batis]]</div></div>
|etymology=probably from Greek via Latin for another coastal plant, or possibly Greek batos, bramble
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 187
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>relatively low, sprawling. <b>Leaf</b> blades obovoid to oblanceoloid. <b>Spikes</b> subsessile, ellipsoid, subglobose, or turbinate [lax, bracteate, flowers solitary]. <b>Flowers</b> anemophilous; filaments slender, or sometimes winged; anthers versatile, dorsifixed; stigmas sessile, papillate. <b>Syncarps</b> each with 1–4 seeds (pyrenes). <b>Seeds</b> narrow, flattened; coats thin. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=s North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands;Hawaii;s New Guinea);Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Batis</i> argillicola P. Royen occurs along the coasts of southern New Guinea and northern Australia. It differs from <i>B. maritima</i> in being monoecious and having solitary flowers, shorter leaves, tepals of staminate flowers each with one vascular bundle and a tapered base, and winged filaments. Wood anatomy and habit of the two species are similar. There was an earlier dubious chromosome count of x = 9.</p>
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|authority=P. Browne
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|family=Bataceae
|distribution=s North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands;Hawaii;s New Guinea);Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica,
|publication year=1756
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