Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Ceratocarpus L

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Description

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.

Notes

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

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Biodiversity

Family
Chenopodiaceae
Genus
Ceratocarpus
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Caryophyllales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
L
Taxon rank
genus