31. Maireana Moq.

Maireana Moq., Chenop. Monogr. Enum.: 95 (1840); Wilson, Nuytsia 2: 2-83 (1975).

Austrobassia Ulbr. p. p. (1934) .

Duriala (Anderson) Ulbr. (1934) .

Kochia sect. Austrokochia Ulbr. (1934) .

Eriochiton (Anderson) A.J. Scott (1978) .

Perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs with often succulent leaves, sometimes dioecious. Flowers bisexual or unisexual, solitary or in pairs in leaf axils; perianth flat to cup-shaped, 5-lobed, the lobes more deeply separated opposite the future radicle; fruiting perianth usually crustaceous or woody, with 5 tepaline wings or with l horizontal, continuous wing, rarely also with erect, intertepaline, wing-like appendages; stamens 5; stigmas 2-3. Pericarp membranous, sometimes i crustaceous; seeds horizontal; embryo annular to horseshoe-shaped; radicle centrifugal; perisperm abundant. 58 spp., Australia.