Dissocarpus F. Muell.

Kuehn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 253-281 : 270

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3540555099

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6281413

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scientific name

Dissocarpus F. Muell.
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37. Dissocarpus F. Muell.

Dissocarpus F.Muell. , Trans. Proc. Philos. Inst. Vict. 2: 75 (1858).

Shrubs. Flowers bisexual or pistillate, 2-16 clustered in leaf axils, jointed to form spherical heads or paired and connate at the base; perianth deeply 5-lobed; fruiting perianth hardened, usually with 5 short tepaline needle-like spines or 2-5 tuberculate. Pericarp membranous; seeds horizontal; embryo annular; radicle ascending to erect; perisperm abundant. Three spp., Australia.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Chenopodiaceae

SubFamily

Chenopodioideae

Tribe

Sclerolaeneae