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 31. Maireana Moq. Maireana Moq. , Chenop. Monogr. Enum.: 95 (1840) ; Wilson, Nuytsia 2: 2-83 (1975) . Austrobassia Ulbr. p. p. (1934) . Duriala (Anderson) Ulbr. (1934) . Kochia sect. Austrokochia Ulbr. (1934) . Eriochiton (Anderson) A.J. Scott (1978) . Perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs with often succulent leaves, sometimes dioecious. Flowers bisexual or unisexual, solitary or in pairs in leaf axils; perianth flat to cup-shaped, 5-lobed, the lobes more deeply separated opposite the future radicle; fruiting perianth usually crustaceous or woody, with 5 tepaline wings or with l horizontal, continuous wing, rarely also with erect, intertepaline, wing-like appendages; stamens 5; stigmas 2-3. Pericarp membranous, sometimes i crustaceous; seeds horizontal; embryo annular to horseshoe-shaped; radicle centrifugal; perisperm abundant. 58 spp., Australia.