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Tetradiclis Stev. in M. Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 3: 277, 648. 1819. Boiss, Fl. Orient. 1:918. 1867; Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 1:288. 1862 (in Rutaceae); Engler in Engler & Prantl, Natur. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2. 19a: 156. 1931; Hutch., Gen. Fl. P1. 2:615. 1968.
Anatropa Ehrenbg.
Small, succulent annual herb. Leaves pinnatisect or laciniate, stipulate. Inflorescence a terminal spicate raceme. Flowers very small, subsessile, tri or tetramerous, bracteate; disc annular, inconspicuous. Sepals (3-) 4 (-5), persistent. Petals (3-) 4, minutely clawed. Stamens (3-) 4, filaments without scaly appendages at the base, persistent. Carpels 4; ovary sessile, 4-angled, 4-loculed; stigmas 4, decurrent. Fruit a loculicidally dehiscent 4-angled capsule.
A monotypic genus, distributed in Central and South West Asia.
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