Eriochiton | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Tribe: | Camphorosmeae |
Genus: |
Eriochiton (R.H.Anderson) A.J.Scott (1978) |
Species: | E. sclerolaenoides
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Binomial name | |
Eriochiton sclerolaenoides (
F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex A.J.Scott (1978)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Eriochiton is a genus of small shrubs in the family Chenopodiaceae ( sensu stricto), which are included in Amaranthaceae ( sensu lato) according to the APG classification. [2] [3] It contains a single species, Eriochiton sclerolaenoides, a subshrub endemic to Australia. [1] [4]
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. [5]