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11. Oxyria Hill, Veg. Syst. 1024. 1765; Boiss., Fl. Or. 4: 1004. 1879; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5:58. 1886; Losinsk. in Kom., Fl. URSS 5: 444.1936; Tutin in Tutin et al., Fl. Europ.1: 81. 1964; Cullen in P.H.Davis, Fl. Turk. 2: 269. 1966;Rech.f. & Schiman-Czeika in Rech.f., Fl. Iran. 56:24. 1968; Bhopal & Chaudhri in Pak. Syst. 1(2): 89. 1977; Grierson & D.G.Long, Fl. Bhutan. 1: 174. 1983; Munshi & Javeid, Syst. Stud. Polygon. Kashm. Himal. 84. 1986.
Erect perennial herbs with stout rootstocks and branched stems. Leaves long petioled, mainly radical, orbicular-cordate or reniform. Inflorescence a panicle. Flowers bisexual. Perianth sagments 4, accrescent in fruit, outer segments spreading or reflexed, inner ones erect. Stamens 6, filaments short. Ovary compressed; styles 2, short, divergent; stigmas fimbriate. Fruit lenticular, broadly winged. Seed with linear-oblong cotyledons.
A monotypic genus, distributed in Asia, Europe and America.
Lower Taxon
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