Microgynoecium Hook. f.

18. Microgynoecium Hook. f. Microgyneocium Hook. f. in Benth. & Hook. f., Lien. Pl. 5: Db (1880). Annual, monoecious herb. Flowers in clusters hidden amongst the leaves; perianth lobes 5, hyaline; stamens l-4; pistillate flowers 2-bracteolate; stigmas 2. Fruit turgid; seeds vertical; embryo horseshoe-shaped. One sp., M. tibeticum Hook. f., Tibet, Sikkim.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 26