Enchylaena R. Br.

Kuehn, 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

33. Enchylaena R. Br.

Enchylaena R. Br., Prodr.: 407 (1810)

Shrubs. Flowers bisexual, solitary, axillary; perianth 5-lobed, connate almost to the apex; fruiting perianth succulent, red, with an inner cartilaginous layer, often with 5 small apical tepaline lobes or minute wings, divided opposite the radicle by a deep slit; stamens 5; stigmas 2. Pericarp membranous; seeds horizontal; embryo subannular; radicle centrifugal; perisperm abundant. Two spp., Australia.