Acroglochin Schrad. in Roem. & Schult., Mant.: 69 (1822)

Sukhorukov, Alexander P., Liu, Pei-Liang & Kushunina, Maria, 2019, Taxonomic revision of Chenopodiaceae in Himalaya and Tibet, PhytoKeys 116, pp. 1-141 : 79

11. Acroglochin Schrad. in Roem. & Schult., Mant.: 69 (1822)

Acroglochin chenopodioides Schrad. (= A. persicarioides (Poir.) Moq.) (Type).

Description.

Glabrous or scarcely pubescent annual up to 50(70) cm, branches often terminating in acicular apices. Leaves long-petiolate, up to 10.0 cm, broadly ovate or ovoid, dentate or erose, teeth straight or incurved, tip mucronate, blades glabrous or sparsely covered with simple, often curved hairs. Inflorescences in the leaf axils, quite short, falsely dichotomous. Perianth of 5 free segments, keeled along midrib. Stamens 2, anthers small, 0.2-0.3 mm, without appendages. Stylodia concrescent into column in their lower half. Fruit dehiscent by a lid; pericarp white or greenish with several homocellular layers. Seeds dark-red, depressed-globular, ~1.3 mm in diameter, smooth.

One species in Himalaya and West and Central China.