Amaranthaceae Juss.
Omegandra G.J.Leach & C.C.Towns.
, legitimate, scientific
[Leach, G.J., Townsend, G.C. & Harley, M.M. (1993), Omegandra, a new genus of Amaranthaceae from Australia. Kew Bulletin 48(4)]:
787
APC
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"O. kanisii Leach & Townsend"
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Etymology:
"... derived from the Greek letter 'omega' and 'andrus' (male) alludes to the fusion of the staminal filaments into an incomplete ring resembling in cross section the capital Greek letter omega."
[Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Amaranthaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia]:
65
[secondary reference]
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
600
[secondary reference]
[Hammer, T.A., Zhong, X., des Francs-Small, C.C., Nevill, P.G., Small, I.D. & Thiele, K.R. (11 July 2019), Resolving intergeneric relationships in the aervoid clade and the backbone of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae): Evidence from whole plastid genomes and morphology. Taxon 68(2)]:
307
[secondary reference]