View source for Sparaxis ← Sparaxis 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=Sparaxis |accepted_authority=Ker Gawler |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) |place=1: 225. 1804 |year=1804 }} |basionyms= |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Streptanthera |authority=Sweet |rank=genus }} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Synnotia |authority=Sweet |rank=genus }} |hierarchy=Iridaceae;Sparaxis |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sparaxis]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek sparasso, to tear, alluding to the sometimes lacerated bracts |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 349 |treatment_page=page 404 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, from corms.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>simple or branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf quantity;leaf growth form or orientation"><b>Leaves </b>several, sometimes prostrate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape">blade plane, ensiform to oblong.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence arrangement or course;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>spicate, spiral or secund, 2–5-flowered [–many-flowered];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bract coloration;bract coloration;bract size;outer apex texture;outer apex shape;outer apex shape;inner apex shape">bracts pale to light-brown, irregularly streaked with dark-brown, unequal, outer usually exceeding inner, scarious, acute or 3-cuspidate, inner apex 2-furcate to 2-cuspidate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower odor;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>odorless [fragrant], actinomorphic [zygomorphic];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="perianth-tube shape">perianth-tube funnel-shaped, sometimes obliquely so;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="tepal orientation;tepal fusion;tepal coloration;tepal size;outer whorl size">tepals spreading, connate into tube, variously colored, sometimes with strongly contrasting markings, subequal, outer whorl slightly larger than inner [unequal, dorsal tepal largest];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen arrangement;stamen architecture or orientation or position">stamens symmetrically arranged [asymmetrical], unilateral;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="anther course">anthers straight [coiled];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="branch quantity;branch height or length or size;apex shape">style [unilateral, often arching over filaments] dividing into 3 short branches, apices spatulate [long, filiform].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule pubescence or texture"><b>Capsules </b>globose to oblong, cartilaginous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>8–15 per locule, globose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="">seed-coat light to dark-brown, hard, shiny.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed-coat coloration;seed-coat texture;seed-coat reflectance;x chromosome quantity">x = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=s Africa |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 15 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Sparaxis |author=Peter Goldblatt |authority=Ker Gawler |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms=Streptanthera;Synnotia |basionyms= |family=Iridaceae |distribution=s Africa |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) |publication year=1804 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_831.xml |genus=Sparaxis |anther course=straight |apex shape=spatulate |blade shape=ensiform;oblong |bract coloration=streaked with dark-brown;pale;light-brown |bract size=unequal |branch height or length or size=short |branch quantity=3 |capsule pubescence or texture=cartilaginous |capsule shape=globose;oblong |flower architecture=actinomorphic |flower odor=odorless |inflorescence architecture=2-5-flowered;secund;spicate |inflorescence arrangement or course=spiral |inner apex shape=2-furcate;2-cuspidate |leaf growth form or orientation=prostrate |leaf quantity=several |outer apex shape=3-cuspidate;acute |outer apex texture=scarious |outer whorl size=slightly larger |perianth-tube shape=funnel--shaped |seed quantity=8;15 |seed shape=globose |seed-coat coloration=light;dark-brown |seed-coat reflectance=shiny |seed-coat texture=hard |stamen architecture or orientation or position=unilateral |stamen arrangement=arranged |stem architecture=branched;simple |tepal coloration=colored |tepal fusion=connate |tepal orientation=spreading |tepal size=subequal |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=herb |x chromosome quantity=10 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Iridaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Iridaceae (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/ID/Synonym (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Sparaxis.