Sclerolaena R. Br.

Kuehn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 253-281 : 271

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3540555099

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6281419

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scientific name

Sclerolaena R. Br.
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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.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Chenopodiaceae

Loc

Sclerolaena R. Br.

Kuehn, U. 1993
1993
Loc

Sclerolaena

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