Tegicornia R G. Wilson

Kuehn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 253-281 : 274

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3540555099

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6281466

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scientific name

Tegicornia R G. Wilson
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57. Tegicornia R G. Wilson

Tegicornia R G. Wilson , Nuytsia 3: 25 (1980)

Succulent dioecious herb. Leaf blades minute. Flowers solitary in the axil of the stem leaves; perianth 3-lobed; staminate flowers with 1 abaxial stamen and vestigial ovary; pistillate flower without staminode. Seed coat crustaceous; embryo curved; perisperm present, lateral. One sp., T. uniflora RG.Wilson , W Australia. Very similar to Halosarciu; generic rank questionable.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Chenopodiaceae

SubFamily

Salicornioideae

Tribe

Salicornieae