Maireana

Maireana
Maireana sedifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Camphorosmoideae
Tribe: Camphorosmeae
Genus: Maireana
Moq.
Synonyms
List
    • Bassia sect. Maireana (Moq.) Volkens
    • Bassia sect. Spinosissimae Ising
    • Duriala (R.H.Anderson) Ulbr.
    • Enchylaena sect. Heterochlamys F.Muell.
    • Heterochlamys F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.
    • Kochia sect. Austrokochia Ulbr.
    • Kochia sect. Duriala R.H.Anderson nom. inval.
    • Kochia sect. Maireana (Moq.) F.Muell.
    • Kochia auct. non Roth: Brown, R. (27 March 1810)
    • Kochia auct. non Roth: Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis
    • Kochia auct. non Roth: Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia
    • Kochia auct. non Roth: Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria

Maireana is a genus of around 58 species of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Maireana are herbaceous to woody perennial plants or small shrubs with often fleshy or succulent leaves, sessile flowers with five petals and five stamens, and the fruit is a utricle containing a single seed.

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