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Tegicornia R G. Wilson

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Description

57. Tegicornia R G. Wilson

Tegicornia R G. Wilson, Nuytsia 3: 25 (1980)

Succulent dioecious herb. Leaf blades minute. Flowers solitary in the axil of the stem leaves; perianth 3-lobed; staminate flowers with 1 abaxial stamen and vestigial ovary; pistillate flower without staminode. Seed coat crustaceous; embryo curved; perisperm present, lateral. One sp., T. uniflora RG.Wilson, W Australia. Very similar to Halosarciu; generic rank questionable.

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 274

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Biodiversity

Family
Chenopodiaceae
Genus
Tegicornia
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Caryophyllales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
R G. Wilson
Taxon rank
genus