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Electronic Flora of South Australia genus Fact Sheet

Family: Brassicaceae
Pachymitus

Citation: O. Schulz, Pflanzenr. 86:266 (1924).

Derivation: Greek pachys, thick; mitos, thread; referring to the stout pedicels.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Annual herbs; sepals spreading, dimorphic; petals clawed; stamens 6; median glands present or absent.

Fruit a siliqua, dehiscent; valves with 1 prominent mid-vein; seeds in 2 rows, mucous; radicle incumbent. (E. A. Shaw (1965) Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 89:fig. 13, 226-231).

Distribution:  Endemic to Australia, monotypic.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available


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