Halimocnemis C. Meyer

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 : 278

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Halimocnemis C. Meyer
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93. Halimocnemis C. Meyer

Halimocnemis C.Meyer in Ledeb,, Fl. Alt. 1: 370, 381 (1829)

Annual, succulent plants. Leaves alternate, cylindrical. Flowers solitary, bisexual, subtended by 2 navicular bracteoles; perianth lobes 3-5, unequal, indurated in fruit and united in the lower part into an ampullaceous structure; stamens (4-)5; anthers appendiculate; staminodes absent; stigmas 2, semi-infundibular, often denticulate. Pericarp succulent; seed vertical. About ll spp., Mediterranean Europe to C Asia.