Halopeplis Bunge ex Ung.-Sternb

45. Halopeplis Bunge ex Ung.-Sternb Halopeplis Bunge ex Ung.-Stemb.; Vers. Syst. Salicorn.: 102 (1866). Annual succulent herbs. Leaves subglobose, fleshy. Flowers bisexual in triads in the axils of spirally arranged bracteal scales, connate to one another and adnate to bracts; perianth connate, compressed 4- edged, 3-dentate at apex; stamens 1(-2); stigmas 2. Seeds vertical; embryo hooked; radicle ascendent; perisperm abundant. Three spp., Mediterr. Europe, N and S Africa, 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