Citation: Hook. f., in Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 3:65 (1880).

Derivation: Greek pachys, thick; Latin cornu, a horn.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Dwarf shrubs with cylindrical succulent stems; leaves opposite, represented by short fleshy spurs apparently decurrent along the internodes; inflorescence a spike-like thyrse consisting of triads of flowers in the axils of opposite decurrent bracts.

Flowers dimorphic, the lateral male and the central bisexual; perianth of fused segments, membranous, scarcely changed in fruit; stamen solitary, abaxial; stigmas 2, narrowly triangular.

Fruit: pericarp hard, fused to and sunken in the woody spike axis; seed orbicular; testa thin; embryo annular; perisperm central.

Distribution:  A single species endemic to Australia. (P. G. Wilson (1980) Nuytsia 3:16-17.)

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available