Biology:Eriochiton

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Short description: Genus of plants

Eriochiton
Eriochiton sclerolaenoides habit.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Camphorosmoideae
Tribe: Camphorosmeae
Genus: Eriochiton
(R.H.Anderson) A.J.Scott

Eriochiton is a genus of small shrub in the family Chenopodiaceae (sensu stricto), which are included in Amaranthaceae (sensu lato) according to the APG classification.[1][2] Species are endemic to Australia.

Description

Species have woolly branches. The leaves are linear, silky-woolly. Flowers are solitary in the axils, the perianth is 5-lobed. Fruiting perianth hardened, silky-woolly, with 5 spines and 5 erect wings arising from the base of the lobes. Seeds horizontal.[3]

Species

Species include:[4]

  • Eriochiton sclerolaenoides (F. Muell.) F.Muell. ex A.J. Scott[5]


References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q8776990 entry