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Choriptera Botsch.

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 : 277

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 3540555099

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scientific name

 Choriptera Botsch.
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81. Choriptera Botsch.

Choriptera Botsch., Bm. Zum. 52: 804 (1967)

Gyroptera Botsch. (1967) .

Shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite. Flowers in 3- to multi-flowered, axillary clusters; flowers bisexual, longer than the herbaceous, lanceolate bracteoles; perianth urceolate, 5-dentate, horizontally winged, with one wing surrounding the perianth, or 5 wings free from each other; disk 5-lobed; stigmas 2, inwardly papillate. Pericarp membranous; seeds horizontal. Three spp., Somalia.

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