Atriplex sect. Spongiocarpus

Buxbaum

Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 76: 46. 1927.

Synonyms: Atriplex unranked Halimoides Ulbrich
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 341. Mentioned on page 324, 325.

Plants annual or short-lived perennial, erect or procumbent. Leaves with Kranz-type anatomy. Pistillate flowers lacking perianth, enclosed by a pair of bracteoles. Bracteoles ovoid-globular to broadly turbinate or hemispheric, united almost to summit, erect. Seeds erect, or basal and horizontal; radicle usually lateral.

Distribution

Introduced; Australia.

Discussion

Species 6 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.