Eremophea Paul G.wilson

Genus

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae

Characteristics

Small shrubs, tomentose all over with dendritic or stellate hairs. Leaves alternate, sessile, entire, fleshy, the floral ones often clustered. Flowers solitary or in triads, bisexual. Perianth 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Fruiting perianth woody and becoming embedded in woody branch axis; spines initially 5 arising from base of perianth lobes but in E. spinosa fusing irregularly. Seed and radicle erect; perisperm central. Infructescence persistent.
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Images

Eremophea unspecified picture

Distribution

Eremophea world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:893368-1
WFO ID wfo-4000013729
COL ID 62RZ3
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Eremophea

Lower taxons

Eremophea aggregata Eremophea spinosa