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Hemichroa R. Br.

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 : 279

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 3540555099

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scientific name

 Hemichroa R. Br.
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97. Hemichroa R. Br.

Hemichroa R. Br., Podr.: 409 (1810)

Herbs or low shrubs with fleshy leaves. Perianth lobes oval, acuminate, the 3 outer ones with 3-4, the two inner ones with 1-2 nerves; stamens (2-3-)5; ovary i erect, prolonging into a i long style; stigmas 2, filiform. Seeds lentiform to reniform; embryo hemi-annular; radicle pointing upwards. About three spp., Australia.

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