Monolepis Schrader

12. Monolepis Schrader Monolepis Schrader, Index Sem. Horti Götting.: 4 (1830); Scott, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 100: 218 (1978). Micromonolepis Ulbr. (1934). Annual herbs. Flowers bisexual, intermixed with some pistillate ones, in many- to few-flowered, dense, axillary clusters; perianth l(-3)-lobed, sometimes wanting; stamens 1; stigmas 2. Fruit strongly compressed; pericarp adherent; seeds vertical; embryo annular; radicle pointing inwardly. 2n = 18. Three to four spp., N and E Asia, N and temperate S America.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