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Polycnemum 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 : 278

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 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.

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