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MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMIC POSITION OF SUCKLEYA SUCKLEYANA (CHENOPODIACEAE)
Author(s) -
Chu G. L.,
Stutz H. C.,
Sanderson S. C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1991.tb12571.x
Subject(s) - biology , bract , perianth , tribe , botany , chenopodiaceae , morphology (biology) , zoology , inflorescence , stamen , pollen , sociology , anthropology
Contrary to taxonomic descriptions, female flowers of Suckleya suckleyana have four perianth segments rather than two bracts. Consequently, Suckleya suckleyana belongs in the tribe Chenopodieae, family Chenopodiaceae, instead of tribe Atripliceae. Since it is the only member of tribe Chenopodieae with unisexual flowers and superior radicles, it is proposed that it be assigned to a new subtribe, Suckleyinae.