Roycea C. Gardner

41. Roycea C. Gardner Roycea C. Gardner, J. R. Soc. W. Aust. 32: 77 (1948) Undershrubs, usually dioecious. Flowers unisexual, solitary in the leaf axils; perianth connate to the middle, 5-lobed; fruiting perianth membranous without appendages and unmodified opposite the radicle, not or scarcely accrescent. Pericarp crustaceous, overtopping the perianth; seeds vertical; embryo annular; radicle superior. Two to three 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