View source for Bergia ← Bergia 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=Bergia |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Mant. Pl. |place=2: 152, 241. 1771 |year=1771 }} |common_names=Water-fire |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Elatinaceae;Bergia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Elatinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bergia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Peter J. Bergius, 1730–1790, Swedish botanist and physician, student of Linnaeus |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 348 |treatment_page=page 349 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs </b>[subshrubs], terrestrial [aquatic], glandular-pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem texture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>ascending to prostrate, solid or pithy, not rooting at nodes [rooting at proximal nodes].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stipule texture"><b>Leaves:</b> stipules nearly membranous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="petiole presence">petiole present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade margin architecture or shape">blade margins serrulate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>usually cymes, rarely flowers solitary.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal fusion;sepal variability;sepal shape;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals 5, distinct, equal, carinate, apex acuminate or acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="petal quantity;apex shape">petals 5, apex acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens (5 or 7–) 10;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pistil architecture">pistil 5-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;apex shape">ovary 5-locular, apex ± acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="style quantity">styles 5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stigma quantity">stigmas 5.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="capsule pubescence or texture"><b>Capsules </b>cartilaginous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed atypical quantity;seed quantity;seed coloration;seed course;pit shape"><b>Seeds </b>3–6 [–10] per locule, brown, slightly curved, surface obscurely reticulate with rectangular pits.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="surface architecture or coloration or relief;x chromosome quantity">x = 6.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=w;c United States;n Mexico;Asia;Africa;Australia;in South America;warm-temperate and tropical regions |discussion=<p>Species ca. 25 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Bergia has its greatest diversity in Africa and Australia.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Bergia |author=Gordon C. Tucker |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Elatinaceae |distribution=w;c United States;n Mexico;Asia;Africa;Australia;in South America;warm-temperate and tropical regions |reference=None |publication title=Mant. Pl. |publication year=1771 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V12/V12_649.xml |genus=Bergia |apex shape=acute;acute;acute;acuminate |blade margin architecture or shape=serrulate |capsule pubescence or texture=cartilaginous |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=5-locular |pedicel presence=absent |petal quantity=5 |petiole presence=absent |pistil architecture=5-carpellate |pit shape=rectangular |seed atypical quantity=6;10 |seed coloration=brown |seed course=curved |seed quantity=3;6 |sepal fusion=distinct |sepal quantity=5 |sepal shape=carinate |sepal variability=equal |stamen quantity=10 |stem architecture=not rooting;solid |stem orientation=ascending;prostrate |stem texture=pithy |stigma quantity=5 |stipule texture=membranous |style quantity=5 |surface architecture or coloration or relief=reticulate |whole_organism growth form=herb |whole_organism growth form or habitat=terrestrial |whole_organism pubescence=glandular-pubescent |x chromosome quantity=6 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Elatinaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Elatinaceae (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 Bergia.