Polycnemum L.

Kuehn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 253-281 : 278

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3540555099

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6281559

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scientific name

Polycnemum L.
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96. Polycnemum L.

Polycnemum L. , Sp. Pl.: 35 (1753)

Annual or perennial herbs with clustered leaves and procumbent branches. Perianth lobes i equal, membranous, filiform to lanceolate, acuminate; stamens (l-)2-3(-5); ovary oval, compressed; stigmas filiform, divided nearly down to the base; seed flattened; embryo annular, radicle pointing upward; fruiting ovary enlarging in its lower part. About seven to eight spp., Europe, N Africa, Asia.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Chenopodiaceae

SubFamily

Polycnemoideae

Tribe

Polycnemeae