Microgynoecium

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Microgynoecium

Microgynoecium Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 3(1): 56. 1880 sec. Kühn 19931

• Type: Microgynoecium tibeticum Hook.f.

• 1. Kühn, U. 1993: Chenopodiaceae, pp. 253-281. – In: Kubitzki, K., Rohwer, J.G. & Bittrich, V. (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2. – Berlin, Heidelberg & New York: Springer

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The phylogenetic position of the monotypic Himalayan genus Microgynoecium is somewhat unclear. Kadereit & al. (2010) place the genus in Chenopodieae (formerly Atripliceae) because of morphological and weak molecular evidence.A

Bibliography

A. Kadereit, G., Mavrodiev, E. V., Zacharias, E. H. & Sukhorukov, A. P. 2010: Molecular phylogeny of Atripliceae (Chenopodioideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for systematics, biogeography, flower and fruit evolution, and the origin of C4 photosynthesis. – American Journal of Botany 97(10): 1664-1687. http://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000169