Halopeplis Bunge ex Ung.-Sternb
- Dataset
- Chenopodiaceae
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Magnoliopsida
- order
- Caryophyllales
- family
- Chenopodiaceae
- genus
- Halopeplis
description
Annual succulent herbs. Leaves subglobose, fleshy. Flowers bisexual in triads in the axils of spirally arranged bracteal scales, connate to one another and adnate to bracts; perianth connate, compressed 4 - edged, 3 - dentate at apex; stamens 1 (- 2); stigmas 2. Seeds vertical; embryo hooked; radicle ascendent; perisperm abundant. Three spp., Mediterr. Europe, N and S Africa, W Asia.
Name
- Homonyms
- Halopeplis Bunge ex Ung.-Sternb