Ofaiston Raf

Kuehn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 253-281 : 277

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Ofaiston Raf
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83. Ofaiston Raf

Ofaiston Raf., Fl, Tell. 3: 46 (1837)

Annual plant. Leaves alternate. Flowers in narrow spiciform inflorescences, subtended by 2 carinate bracteoles; perianth lobes 3-5, free, the 3 outer ones with rudimentary wings; stamen l(-2); anthers with small appendages. Seeds vertical; embryo plano-spiral. One sp., O. mommdrum (Pallas) Moq. , W and C Asia.