Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Malacocera R. Anderson

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36. Malacocera R. Anderson

Malacocem R. Anderson, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 51: 382 (1926); Chinnock, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 2: 139-149 (1980).

Small shrubs. Flowers bisexual and pistillate, solitary or paired in the leaf axils; perianth 5-lobed, connate to just below the apex; fruiting perianth hardened at the base with 3 soft, horn-like appendages and with a slit opposite the radicle. Pericarp membranous; seeds horizontal; embryo annular; radicle centrifugal; perisperm abundant. Four 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

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