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
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Exomis Fenzl ex Moq
Exomis Fenzl ex Moq.
, Chenopod. Monogr. Enum.: 49 (1840)
Aellen, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 70: 373-381 (1939).
Munochlamys Aellen (1939)
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Shrubs with dichotomous branching, monoecious with few bisexual flowers. Staminate flowers in clusters, these forming terminal spikes, perianth 5-lobed; stamens 5, filaments basally fused; pistillate flowers irregularly dispersed between the staminate ones, 1- 3 surrounded by 2 cylindrical bracteoles accrescent in fruit. Fruit beaked at the top; pericarp fleshy, adherent, seeds vertical; embryo annular; radicle pointing downward. Two spp., S Africa to W Africa.