Arthrocnemum Moq

Kuehn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 253-281 : 272

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3540555099

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6281456

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scientific name

Arthrocnemum Moq
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53. Arthrocnemum Moq

Arthrocnemum Moq. , Chenopod. Monogr. Enum.: 111 (1840) Télken, Bothalia 9: 255-307 (1967).

Small shrubs. Lear blades reduced; sclereids present in the chlorenchyma. Flowers in triads, concealed by the small, scale-like bracts; all flowers of equal length, bisexual; perianth 3-4-lobed; stamens 2, median. Seed coat crustaceous, embryo curved; perisperm present. Zn =18, 36. Two to three spp., Mediterranean Europe, S Africa, Asia.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Chenopodiaceae

SubFamily

Salicornioideae

Tribe

Salicornieae