Kalidium Moq.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 100

16. Kalidium Moq. 1

Small fleshy shrubs, not articulate. Leaves alternate, fleshy, small, decurrent. Flowers hermaphrodite or female, in usually 3- flowered cymes immersed in the fleshy axis of a spicate inflorescence. Perianth-segments 5; stamens 2; stigmas 2.

Lamina of leaves 2-6 mm, patent or recurved 1. foliatum Lamina of leaves reduced to a small tubercle at the apex of the decurrent-amplexicaul base 2. caspicum