Ceratocarpus L.

Kuehn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 253-281 : 268

publication ID	3540555099
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6281374
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scientific name	Ceratocarpus L.
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22. Ceratocarpus L.

Ceratocarpus L. , Sp. Pl.: 969 (1753)

Ceratoides Gagnebin (1755) .

Annual monoecious herbs with prominent stellate-dendroid hairs. Staminate flowers in few-flowered axillary clusters; perianth 2-lobed, almost claviform; stamens l(-2); pistillate flowers mostly solitary, 2- bracteolate; bracteoles folded, fused their entire length, tube with acicular appendages; stigmas 2. Embryo horseshoe-shaped; radicle pointing downward. Zn = 18. Two spp., E Europe and W Asia.