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 93. Halimocnemis C. Meyer Halimocnemis C.Meyer in Ledeb,, Fl. Alt. 1: 370, 381 (1829) Annual, succulent plants. Leaves alternate, cylindrical. Flowers solitary, bisexual, subtended by 2 navicular bracteoles; perianth lobes 3-5, unequal, indurated in fruit and united in the lower part into an ampullaceous structure; stamens (4-)5; anthers appendiculate; staminodes absent; stigmas 2, semi-infundibular, often denticulate. Pericarp succulent; seed vertical. About ll spp., Mediterranean Europe to C Asia.