Malacocera R. Anderson

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

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3540555099

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6281410

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scientific name

Malacocera R. Anderson
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36. Malacocera R. Anderson

Malacocem R. Anderson , Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 51: 382 (1926); Chinnock, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 2: 139-149 (1980).

Small shrubs. Flowers bisexual and pistillate, solitary or paired in the leaf axils; perianth 5-lobed, connate to just below the apex; fruiting perianth hardened at the base with 3 soft, horn-like appendages and with a slit opposite the radicle. Pericarp membranous; seeds horizontal; embryo annular; radicle centrifugal; perisperm abundant. Four spp., Australia.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Chenopodiaceae

SubFamily

Chenopodioideae

Tribe

Sclerolaeneae