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Chenopodiaceae - Chenopodioideae - Chenopodieae - *Einadia Raf.

Description:

  • Perennial herbs or weak shrubs
  • Leaves opposite or alternate, linear to broadly hastate, mealy when young
  • Inflorescences racemose or open, paniculate clusters; pedicels constricted at apex
  • Flowers small; terminal flower of cluster bisexual; lateral flowers female, without staminodes
  • Tepals 5, rarely 4
  • Stamens 1-3, glabrous; disc 0
  • Ovary glabrous; stigmas 2, slender
  • Fruit not enveloped by perianth; pericarp membranous or succulent
  • Seed horizontal, lenticular with rounded margin; endosperm central, copious; embryo annular

Nomenclature:

  • *Einadia Raf.
    • Rafinesque: 121 (1838)
    • Wilson: 199 (1983)
    • Wilson: 161 (1984)

Distribution & Notes:

  • Global: Species 6, 4 endemic to Australia and 2 to New Zealand
  • Southern Africa: *Einadia nutans (R.Br.) A.J.Scott subsp. nutans, introduced, Gauteng and Eastern Cape

References:

  • RAFINESQUE, C.S. 1838. Flora telluriana 4. Published by the author, Philadelphia
  • WILSON, P.G. 1983. A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chenopodieae (Chenopodiaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 4
  • WILSON, P.G. 1984. Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4

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