Grayia Hook. et Arn.

Kuehn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 253-281 : 268

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6281372

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6281372

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scientific name

Grayia Hook. et Arn.
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21. Grayia Hook. et Arn.

Grayia Hook. et Arn., Bot. Beechey's Voyage: 387 (1840)

Shrubs, sometimes spinous, dioecious or monoecious. Staminate flowers in axillary clusters, perianth 4-5-lobed; stamens 4-5, inserted on a disk, pistillate flowers in raceme-like intlorescences; bracteoles 2, folded, connate, keeled, later enlarged and winged; stigmas 2. Pericarp free; seeds vertical; embryo annular; radicle pointing downward. Zn =36. Two spp., Western N America.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Chenopodiaceae