Malacocera R. Anderson

Kühn, U., 1993, Chenopodiaceae, Kubitzki, K., Rohwer, J. G. & Bittrich, V. (Editors). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 253-281 : 270

36. Malacocera R. Anderson

Malacocem R.Anderson, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 51: 382 (1926); Chinnock, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 2: 139-149 (1980).

Small shrubs. Flowers bisexual and pistillate, solitary or paired in the leaf axils; perianth 5-lobed, connate to just below the apex; fruiting perianth hardened at the base with 3 soft, horn-like appendages and with a slit opposite the radicle. Pericarp membranous; seeds horizontal; embryo annular; radicle centrifugal; perisperm abundant. Four spp., Australia.