Neomonolepis Sukhor., 2018

Sukhorukov, Alexander P., Nilova, Maya V., Krinitsina, Anastasiya A., Maxim A. Zaika,, Erst, Andrey S. & Shepherd, Kelly A., 2018, Molecular phylogenetic data and seed coat anatomy resolve the generic position of some critical Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae - Amaranthaceae) with reduced perianth segments, PhytoKeys 109, pp. 103-128 : 103

Neomonolepis Sukhor. gen. nov.

Type species.

Neomonolepis spathulata (A.Gray) Sukhor., comb. nov.

Description.

Annual, glabrous, branched or not; lateral branches if present ascending; leaves cauline (rosulate leaves absent), densely located, spatulate-oblong, with a short petiole up to 1 cm or sessile, entire; inflorescence leafy (bracts similar to stem leaves); flowers sessile or shortly pedicellate, unisexual intermixed in small glomerules (Figure 8 ); male flowers with 2-lobed hyaline perianth, stamens 1-2, anthers 0.10-0.15 mm long; female flowers without perianth, fruits 0.55-0.65 mm in diameter, almost round, with blackish papillate pericarp (when dry) that is easily raptured, styles 2(3); seeds 0.4 × 0.3 mm, reddish, with smooth surface, with small irregular pits (seen at a higher magnification), seed-coat testa with stalactites in the outer cell walls and reduced protoplast; embryo vertical.

Figures

Figure 8. SEM detail of the inflorescence of Neomonolepis spathulata. Abbreviations: B - bract (stained in green), FF - female flowers (orange), MF - male flower (perianth stained in blue, stamen in yellow), S - stem.