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 87. Nucularia Battand. Nucularia Battand. , Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 50: 469 (1903) Shrub. Leaves fleshy, opposite. Flowers paired, axillary, sessile on the large bracts, connate at their bases; perianth stiff, 5-lobed, unequal, indurated at the base; stamens 5; small disk present; stigmas 2. Pericarp free; fruit surrounded by the indurated perianth, nut-like; seeds usually vertical; perisperm absent; embryo spiral. One sp., N. perrinii Battand. , NW Africa.