Halogeton C. A. Mey.

71. Halogeton C. A. Mey. Halogeton C.A.Mey. in Ledeb., Icon. Pl. Nov. Fl. Rossica 1: 10 (1829); Blackwell et al., Sida 8: 157-169 (1979). Agathophora (Fenzl) Bunge (1862); Botschantzev, Bot. Zum. 62: 1447-1452 (1977). Annual plants or subshrubs. Leaves alternate, fleshy. Flowers bisexual or pistillate, in 3-27-flowered clusters; perianth free almost to the base, all or some segments winged, membranous or coriaceous; stamens 2-5, split to the midst, unappendaged or with a small, obtuse appendage; disk with glandular lobes; stigmas 2. Nine spp., W and C Asia, N Africa. Agathophora is often considered to represent a separate genus.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