Halothamnus Jaub. & Spach

68. Halothamnus Jaub. & Spach Halothamnus Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Or. 2: 50 (1845); Botsch Nov. Syst. Vyss. Rast. 18: 146-176 (1981), rev. Aellenia Ulbr. (1934). Subshrubs, rarely annuals. Leaves fleshy. Flowers solitary, in the axils of bracts, subtended by 2 almost leaf-like bracteoles; perianth 5-lobed, indurated in fruit, with 5 horizontal, unequal wings; disk slightly fleshy; stamens 5; anthers without appendages; stigmas 2, flat, almost ligulate. Seeds horizontal; embryo plano-spiral; perisperm absent. About 23 spp., SW and C Asia, NE Africa.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