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Suckleva A. Grav

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 : 268

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 3540555099

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scientific name

 Suckleva A. Grav
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19. Suckleva A. Grav

Suckleya A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 11: 103 (1876)

Annual, succulent herb, monoecious. Flowers in clusters, the staminate ones at the end of the branches; perianth 3-4 lobed, almost globose, lobes unequal; stamens 3-4; pistillate flowers axillary, 2-bracteolate; bracteoles folded, or keeled, later winged, often connate up to the middle; stigmas 2. Pericarp free from the globose seeds; embryo horseshoe-shaped; radicle pointing upward. One sp., S.suckleana (Torr.) Rydb., USA, Rocky Mountains, Montana to Colorado.

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