Arthrophytum Schrenk

73. Arthrophytum Schrenk Arthrophytum Schrenk, Bull. Phys. Math. Acad. Petrop. 3: 211 (1845). Small, shrubby, often cushion-like plants. Leaves usually opposite, mucronate. Flowers in the axils of new upper branches, solitary, subtended by 2 bracteoles; perianth subglobular, 5-lobed, lobes free, papyraceous, with horizontal wings at apex; stamens 5; disk present; connective often with indistinct appendages. Embryo plano-spiral. Nine spp., W Asia.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