Synonymy
Pleuropetalum Hook.f. in London J. Bot. 5: 108. 1846 sec. Townsend (1993)
Notes
Pleuropetalum is a member of Amaranthoideae. The genus is unusual in the family because of a higher stamen and carpel number (Eliasson 1988; Ronse De Craene & al. 1999).
