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Spinacia L.

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 : 268

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scientific name

 Spinacia L.
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23. Spinacia L.

Spinacia L., sp. Pl.: 1027 (1753)

Annual or biennial herbs, dioecious with few bisexual flowers. Flowers in clusters, the staminate ones axillary; perianth 4-5-lobed; stamens 4-5, filaments fused at base; pistillate flowers dispersed in a spiciform inflorescence, 2-bracteolate; bracteoles 2-4-toothed, connate almost up tothe top, encircling and covering the fruit as indurated envelope; stigmas 4-5. Seeds vertical; embryo annular; radicle pointing downward. Three spp., N Africa, W Asia.

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