Nitrophila S.Watson

Kuehn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 253-281 : 279

publication ID

3540555099

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6281563

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/13C542D5-C736-7024-401F-13DD287F8CCF

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scientific name

Nitrophila S.Watson
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98. Nitrophila S.Watson

Nitrophila S, Watson in King , Rep. Geol. Explor. 5: 297 (1871)

Small, dichotomous annual or perennial herbs, i succulent. Flowers l-3 in the axils of the leaves, bracteoles 2; perianth lobes 5, parchment-like, erect, hollow, bluntly oval, unequal, the inner ones narrow; stamens 5; anthers nearly globose; style filiform; stigmas 2; ovary and fruit broadly oval to nearly globose. Pericarp membranous; seeds lentiform, vertical; embryo annular; radicle pointing upward. About six to seven spp., America.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Chenopodiaceae

SubFamily

Polycnemoideae

Tribe

Polycnemeae