Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Enchylaena R. Br.

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Description

33. Enchylaena R. Br.

Enchylaena R. Br., Prodr.: 407 (1810)

Shrubs. Flowers bisexual, solitary, axillary; perianth 5-lobed, connate almost to the apex; fruiting perianth succulent, red, with an inner cartilaginous layer, often with 5 small apical tepaline lobes or minute wings, divided opposite the radicle by a deep slit; stamens 5; stigmas 2. Pericarp membranous; seeds horizontal; embryo subannular; radicle centrifugal; perisperm abundant. Two spp., Australia.

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 270

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Biodiversity

Family
Chenopodiaceae
Genus
Enchylaena
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Caryophyllales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
R. Br.
Taxon rank
genus