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

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Description

40. Sclerolaena R. Br.

Sclerolaena R. Br., Prodr.: 410 (1810); Ising, Trans. R. Soc. S.Aust. 88: 63-110 (1964); Scott, Feddes Repert. 89: 110-114 (1978).

Cyrilwhitea Ising (1964).

Stelligera A.J. Scott (1978).

Bassia sensu Ising p.p. (1964).

Shrubs with succulent leaves. Flowers bisexual, solitary or in small clusters in the leaf axils; perianth urceolate, 3-5-rnerous; fruiting perianth hardened, often vertically ribbed, with 2-5, rarely ll intertepaline spines at the apex of the perianth tube, often with an additional spine or tubercle opposite the radicle, rarely connected to a horizontal wing; stamens 5; stigmas 2. Seeds vertical to horizontal; embryo annular; radicle superior or ascending. About 80 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 271

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Biodiversity

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