Threlkeldia R. Br.

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

publication ID

3540555099

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6281417

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scientific name

Threlkeldia R. Br.
status

 

39. Threlkeldia R. Br.

Threlkeldia R. Br. , Prodr.: 409 (1810)

Small shrubs. Flowers bisexual or pistillate, solitary in the leaf axils; perianth subglobose to urceolate, 3-5- merous; fruiting perianth succulent with a hard inner layer, with 3 or 5 intertepaline lobes or tubercles, rarely with a short tubercle opposite the radicle; stamens 5 or less; stigmas 2-3. Seeds mostly vertical, embryo annular; radicle ascending. Two spp., Australia.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Chenopodiaceae

SubFamily

Chenopodioideae

Tribe

Sclerolaeneae