12. Monolepis Schrader

Monolepis Schrader, Index Sem. Horti Götting.: 4 (1830);

Scott, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 100: 218 (1978).

Micromonolepis Ulbr. (1934).

Annual herbs. Flowers bisexual, intermixed with some pistillate ones, in many- to few-flowered, dense, axillary clusters; perianth l(-3)-lobed, sometimes wanting; stamens 1; stigmas 2. Fruit strongly compressed; pericarp adherent; seeds vertical; embryo annular; radicle pointing inwardly. 2n = 18.

Three to four spp., N and E Asia, N and temperate S America.