Chenopodiaceae Author Kuehn, U. text 1993 Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg Editor Kubitzki, K. Editor Rohwer, J. G. Editor Bittrich, V. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2 253 281 http://un.availab.le book chapter 3540555099 55. Halosarcia R G. Wilson Fig. 51 Halosarcia R G.Wilson, Nuytsia 3: 28 (1980). Arthrocnemum sect. Leiosperma J.M.Black (1919) , sect. Trachysperma J. M. Black (1919) and subgen. Angianthemum Moss (1954) . Arrhrocnemum auct. non Moq. s. str.: Ulbr. in E.-R, Nat. Pflanzenfam. (1934), p. p. Dwarf shrubs. Leaf blades insignificant; sclereids absent in the chlorenchyma. Flowers in triads in the axil of opposite, usually connate bracts, bisexual or rarely pistillate; perianth 3-lobed; stamen 1, abaxial. Seed coat membranous to crustaceous; embryo curved perisperm present, lateral. Twenty three spp., Australia, rarely S Asia.