62. Bienertia Bunge ex Boiss.

Bienertia Bunge ex Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 945 (1879)

Annual fleshy herb. Leaves subcylindrical. Flowers bisexual or pistillate, in axillary clusters, or in racemes; fruiting perianth with a prominent circular horizontal wing-like band. Seeds horizontal; heterospermy common. One sp., B. cycloptera Bunge, Iran to C Asia.