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 51. Pachycornia Hook. f. Pachycornia Hook. f. in Benth. & Hook. f. , Gen. 3: 65 (1880) Wilson, Nuytsia 3: 16, 17 (1980) . Succulent dwarf shrub. Leaf lobes prominent, fleshy, divaricate. Flowers in triads in the axils of the opposite bracts, dimorphic, the lateral staminate, the central bisexual; perianth 2-lobed, unmodified in fruit; stamen 1. Pericarp hard, fused to and sunk into the woody spicate axis; embryo annular; perisperm present, central. One sp., P. triandra (F. Muell.) J. Black , Australia.