Diarthron
''Diarthron'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae. The precise limits of the genus are uncertain. When broadly circumscribed to include ''Dendrostellera'' and ''Stelleropsis'', it consists of annual and perennial herbaceous plants and small shrubs, with reddish, white or green flowers lacking petals, and is found in central and south-west Asia and south-east Europe. Description When broadly circumscribed (i.e. including ''Dendrostellera'' and ''Stelleropsis''), ''Diarthron'' is a genus of annual or perennial herbaceous plants or short deciduous shrubs. Prior to a review in 1982, only the annual species were placed in ''Diarthron'', with the perennial herbs being in ''Stelleropsis'' and the shrubs in ''Dendrostellera''. The flowers lack petals. There are usually four (sometimes five) sepals, united at the base into a tube with lobes at the end, reddish, white or green in colour. The ovary has a single chamber (locule). The fruit is dry with the seed enclosed i ...
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