View source for Aphanisma ← Aphanisma You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Aphanisma |accepted_authority=Nuttall ex Moquin-Tandon in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prod. |place=13(2): 43, 54. 1849 |year=1849 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Aphanisma |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aphanisma]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek aphanes, obscure or inconspicuous |volume=Volume 4 |mention_page=page 261 |treatment_page=page 264 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem growth form or orientation;stem growth form or orientation;stem orientation;stem size;stem size;stem course;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem texture"><b>Stems </b>prostrate, decumbent, ascending and stout or slender and flexuous, simple or sparsely branched, not jointed or armed, succulent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, sessile or petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade texture;margin architecture or shape">blade not fleshy, margins entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="proximal blade shape;proximal blade shape;proximal blade shape;proximal blade shape;proximal blade shape;apex shape;apex shape">proximal spatulate, oblanceolate, or oblong, apex obtuse or acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="distal blade shape;base architecture or fixation">distal ovate-oblong to cordate-oblong, base clasping.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, sessile, 1–5-flowered.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="perianth shape;perianth growth form or texture">perianth 3 (–5) -lobed, herbaceous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stigma quantity">stigmas 3;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamen 1.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="utricle shape"><b>Fruiting </b>structures: utricle globose, exceeding perianth at maturity;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="pericarp fusion;pericarp coloration;pericarp texture;pericarp dehiscence">pericarp free from seed, green, membranous, dehiscence circumscissile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed orientation;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>horizontal, lenticular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed-coat coloration;seed-coat coloration or relief">seed-coat black, rugose-punctate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="embryo shape;perisperm quantity">embryo incompletely annular, perisperm copious.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Calif.;nw Mexico |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Aphanisma |author=Leila M. Shultz |authority=Nuttall ex Moquin-Tandon in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Chenopodiaceae |distribution=Calif.;nw Mexico |reference=None |publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prod. |publication year=1849 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V4/V4_480.xml |genus=Aphanisma |apex shape=acute;obtuse |base architecture or fixation=clasping |blade texture=not fleshy |distal blade shape=ovate-oblong;cordate-oblong |embryo shape=annular |flower reproduction=bisexual |inflorescence architecture=1-5-flowered;sessile |inflorescence position=axillary |leaf architecture=petiolate;sessile |leaf arrangement=alternate |margin architecture or shape=entire |perianth growth form or texture=herbaceous |perianth shape=3(-5)-lobed |pericarp coloration=green |pericarp dehiscence=circumscissile |pericarp fusion=free |pericarp texture=membranous |perisperm quantity=copious |proximal blade shape=oblong;oblanceolate;oblong;oblanceolate;spatulate |seed orientation=horizontal |seed shape=lenticular |seed-coat coloration=black |seed-coat coloration or relief=rugose-punctate |stamen quantity=1 |stem architecture=armed;not jointed;branched;simple;armed;not jointed;branched;simple |stem course=flexuous |stem growth form or orientation=decumbent;prostrate |stem orientation=ascending |stem size=slender;stout |stem texture=succulent |stigma quantity=3 |utricle shape=globose |whole_organism duration=annual |whole_organism growth form=herb |whole_organism pubescence=glabrous }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Chenopodiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Chenopodiaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Aphanisma.