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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28.
Cycloloma Moq
Cycloloma Moq.,
Chenopod. Monogr. Enum.: 17 (1840)
Annual herb with caducous leaves. Flowers bisexual, sometimes staminate, solitary or 2-3 in clusters, these in panicles; perianth lobes 5, connate up to the middle; fruiting perianth winged, enclosing the fruit; stamens 5; ovary covered by a fleece of hairs; stigmas 2. Pericarp membranous, free; seeds horizontal; embryo annular; radicle centrifugal. 2/1 =36. One sp.,
C. atriplicifolium (Sprengel) J.Coulter
, W and C N America, adventive in Europe and S America.