Halopeplis Bunge ex Ung.-Sternb.

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

17. Halopeplis Bunge ex Ung.-Sternb. 1

Annual herbs. Leaves alternate, subglobose and amplexicaul with rudimentary lamina. Inflorescence spicate, with a 3-flowered cyme in the axil of each bract. Flowers hermaphrodite or female, more or less connate with each other and with the surrounding bracts; perianth-segments 3; stamens 1-2; stigmas 2.

Leaves distant, the internodes longer than the leaves (W. Mediterranean region, S. Portugal) 1. amplexicaulis

Leaves crowded, the internodes shorter than the leaves (shores of the Caspian Sea) 2. pygmaea