Family: Amaranthaceae
Einadia
Citation:
Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4:121 (1838).
Derivation: Greek ein, one; andros, male; referring to the solitary stamen.
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Herbaceous or weakly woody perennials; leaves opposite or alternate, linear to broad-hastate, mealy when young.
Flowers small, in clusters arranged in racemose or open panicles; pedicels constricted at the apex; terminal flower of each cluster bisexual; lateral flowers female, without staminodes; perianth-segments 5 (rarely 4); stamens 1-3, glabrous; disk absent; ovary glabrous; stigmas 2, slender.
Fruit with the pericarp either membranous or succulent, not enveloped by the perianth; seed horizontal, lenticular, with a rounded margin; embryo annular; perisperm central and copious.
Distribution:
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6 species, 4 endemic to Australia and 2 to New Zealand. P. G. Wilson (1983) Nuytsia 4:199-212.
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Biology:
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Key to Species:
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1. Fruit succulent; perianth-segments oblong, often fleshy in fruit; leaves linear to broad-triangular, sometimes hastate, grey to green |
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E. nutans 1. |
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1. Fruit dry; perianth-segments in fruit with a hard circular (often black) limb; leaves narrowly oblong-elliptic to narrow-hastate |
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E. polygonoides 2. |
Author:
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