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Eremophea R G. Wilson

Kühn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, Kubitzki, K., Rohwer, J. G. & Bittrich, V. (Editors). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 253-281 : 270

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 Eremophea R G. Wilson
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32. Eremophea R G. Wilson

Eremophea P.G.Wilson, Fl. Aust. 4: 326 (1984)

Small shrubs, tomentose all over with dendritic or stellate hairs. Leaves alternate, sessile, entire, fleshy, the floral ones often clustered. Flowers solitary or in triads, bisexual; perianth 5-lobed; stamens 5; fruiting perianth woody and becoming embedded in the woody branch axis. Spines initially 5. Seeds and radicle erect; perisperm central. Two spp., endemic to Australia.

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