Threlkeldia R. Br.

39. Threlkeldia R. Br. Threlkeldia R. Br., Prodr.: 409 (1810) Small shrubs. Flowers bisexual or pistillate, solitary in the leaf axils; perianth subglobose to urceolate, 3-5- merous; fruiting perianth succulent with a hard inner layer, with 3 or 5 intertepaline lobes or tubercles, rarely with a short tubercle opposite the radicle; stamens 5 or less; stigmas 2-3. Seeds mostly vertical, embryo annular; radicle ascending. Two spp., Australia.Published as part of Kuehn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, pp. 253-281 in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2, Berlin, Heidelberg :Springer-Verlag on page 27