Common Names - None found | Synonyms - |
Authority - Behnke | Total Number of genera - 1 |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 9 |
Plant forms - | |
World Distribution - Western North America, Old World tropics. | |
Comments - Only recently published, so not recognized by very few taxonomists. The family comprises a single genus, Sarcobatus. Formerly placed in the family Chenopodiaceae. The one genus provides a hard, dark yellow wood (Greasewood) used for fuel and arrow shafts. |
1 - Sarcobatus. |