Eriochiton

Eriochiton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Tribe: Camphorosmeae
Genus: Eriochiton
(R.H.Anderson) A.J.Scott (1978)
Species:
E. sclerolaenoides
Binomial name
Eriochiton sclerolaenoides
(F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex A.J.Scott (1978)
Synonyms
  • Austrobassia sclerolaenoides (F.Muell.) Ulbr. (1934)
  • Bassia eriochiton Tate (1890)
  • Bassia sclerolaenoides (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (1882)
  • Chenolea sclerolaenoides F.Muell. ex Benth. (1870)
  • Echinopsilon sclerolaenoides F.Muell. (1858) (basionym)
  • Maireana sclerolaenoides (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson (1975)

Eriochiton is a genus of small shrubs in the family Chenopodiaceae (sensu stricto), which are included in Amaranthaceae (sensu lato) according to the APG classification. It contains a single species, Eriochiton sclerolaenoides, a subshrub endemic to Australia.

Description

Species have woolly branches. The leaves are linear, silky-woolly. Flowers are solitary in the axils, the perianth is 5-lobed. Fruiting perianth hardened, silky-woolly, with 5 spines and 5 erect wings arising from the base of the lobes. Seeds horizontal.

References

  1. 1 2 Eriochiton sclerolaenoides (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex A.J.Scott. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Eriochiton". International Plant Name Index (IPNI). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Paul G. (2020). "Eriochiton". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra.
  4. ↑ Paczkowska, Grazyna (15 September 1995). "Eriochiton sclerolaenoides (F.Muell.) A.J.Scott Woolly Bindii". Western Australian Herbarium.
  5. ↑ Scott, A.J. (1978). "A revision of the Camphorosmoideae (Chenopodiaceae)". Feddes Repertorium. 89 (2–3): 101–119. doi:10.1002/fedr.19780890202.