Synonymy
Heterostachys Ung.-Sternb., Atti Congr. Bot. Firenze 1874: 267, 268, 331. 1876 sec. Kühn (1993)
Notes
This halophytic genus belongs to the Salicornioideae and comprises two species in Central and South America. It is closely related to Allenrolfea (Kadereit & al. 2006).