Corispermum L.

Kuehn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 253-281 : 271

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Corispermum L.
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42. Corispermum L.

Corispermum L., Sp. Pl.: 4 (1753); Maible & Blackwell, Sida 7 382-391 (1978).

Annual herbs with dendroid-stellate hairs. Flowers bisexual, in spiciform inflorescences; perianth lobes 1-3(-5) or wanting, free, unequal, unmodified in fruit; stamens 1-5; filaments flat; stigmas 2; styles basally thickened. Fruit clearly overtopping the perianth, planoconvex, horizontal to subglobular, the margin often winged, concealed between 2 large bracts; pericarp adherent; seeds vertical; embryo elliptic-annular; perisperm abundant. Zn = 18. About 60 spp., S Europe, Asia, adventive in N America.