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Batis (turtleweed, saltwort, beachwort, or pickleweed) is a genus of two species of flowering plants, the only genus in the family Bataceae. They are halophytic (salt tolerant) plants, native to the coastal salt marshes of warm temperate and tropical America ( B. maritima ) and tropical Australasia ( B. argillicola ).
Batis maritima, the saltwort or beachwort (also known as turtleweed, pickleweed, barilla, planta de sal, camphire, herbe-à-crâbes, and akulikuli-kai [2]), is a halophyte. It is a C3 -plant, long-lived perennial , dioecious , succulent shrub.
Chloromethane, also called methyl chloride, Refrigerant-40, R-40 or HCC 40, is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH 3 Cl. One of the haloalkanes , it is a colorless, sweet-smelling, flammable gas.
Batis maritima. Batales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. [1] This name was used in several systems, sometimes in the spelling Batidales. Often this order consisted of the genus Batis only. In the 1981 version of the Cronquist system it was an order placed in subclass Dilleniidae with the following circumscription: order Batales
The wood-framed 5-over-1 style is popular due to its high density and relatively lower construction costs compared to steel and concrete. [ 9 ] 5-over-1 buildings often feature secure-access interior hallways with residential units on both sides, which favors a U, E, C, or right-angle building shape. [ 7 ]
Agalinis maritima is a low-growing annual plant that reaches about 10 centimetres (3.9 in). [3] It is usually branched from the base upwards with ascending branches. [5] It has a highly supported sister relationship Agalinis kingsii. [8]
[2] Otanthus maritimus is a small pioneering perennial with a thick white down that covers both the stems and the small oval, slightly saw-toothed alternate leaves . The globose flower heads, with their short peduncles, are composed of an envelope of white-wooly scales around tubular yellow flowers that are visible from June through to September.
At this time the article includes a statement to the effect that a 1997 investigation concluded chloromethane used as refrigerant R40 was a major cause of the 1942 fire. That statement appears to lack a verifiable factual basis and should probably be removed from this article.