
Horaninovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It also belongs to the tribe Salsoleae as well as in the subfamily Salsoloideae.
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Horaninovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It also belongs to the tribe Salsoleae as well as in the subfamily Salsoloideae.
They are herbaceous annuals, with dichotomous (forked into two equal branches) or opposite arranged branches. They have opposite or alternate spaced leaves which are acicular (slender or needle-shaped) or terete (circular in cross-section) and have a widened base. It has either solitary flowers or they are clustered in glomerules (groups) at the leaf axils (joints). The flowers have a 4 or parted perianth, with the segments being broadly ovate or oblong shaped. They are membranous or leathery in form. It has a cupular disk (of petals), with semi-orbicular lobes. In-between the lobes of the disk are stamens (5 in total). The anthers are cylindrical to broadly elliptic in shape, with or without an awn-like appendage. It has a very short style and the stigma is capitulate and 2- or 3-lobed. It has depressed globose shaped seed.
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