Suaeda aralocaspica uses C4 carbon fixation which is one of three known photosynthetc processes of carbon fixation in plants.
Suaeda aralocaspica is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae that is restricted to the deserts of central Asia. It is a halophyte and uses C4 carbon fixation but lacks the characteristic leaf anatomy of other C4 plants (known as kranz anatomy). C4 carbon fixation or the HatchSlack pathway is one of three known photosynthetic processes of carbon fixation in plants. C2 photosynthesis CAM photosynthesis C3 photosynthesis C4 plants have a competitive advantage over plants possessing the more common C3 carbon fixation pathway under conditions of drought, high temperatures, and nitrogen or CO 2 limitation. 
