View source for Adolphia ← Adolphia 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=Adolphia |accepted_authority=Meisner |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Pl. Vasc. Gen. |place=1: 70; 2: 50. 1837 |year=1837 }} |common_names=Prickbush;spinebrush |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Rhamnaceae;Adolphia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rhamnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Adolphia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Adolphe Brongniart, 1801–1876, French botanist and student of Rhamnaceae |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 45 |treatment_page=page 108 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form;secondary branchlet coloration"><b>Shrubs,</b> armed with thorns, secondary branches and branchlets green;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="bud-scale presence">bud-scales absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf presence;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>early deciduous, usually absent by flowering, opposite or subopposite;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="">blade not gland-dotted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade coloration;blade architecture">pinnately veined (obscurely, appearing 1-veined or vaguely 3-veined from base).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence architecture or arrangement or growth form;cyme position;cyme architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower position;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, cymes or flowers solitary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="peduncle texture;pedicel texture">peduncles and pedicels not fleshy in fruit.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="hypanthium shape;hypanthium width">hypanthium broadly obconic to hemispheric-campanulate, 1.5–3 mm wide;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="sepal atypical quantity;sepal quantity;sepal orientation;sepal coloration;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape">sepals (4–) 5, spreading, whitish to greenish white, ovate-triangular or triangular-deltate, keeled adaxially;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal atypical quantity;petal quantity;petal coloration;petal architecture;petal architecture;petal shape;petal shape">petals (4–) 5, white, sometimes yellow-tipped, hooded, spatulate, clawed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="nectary texture;nectary shape">nectary fleshy, 5-angled, lining hypanthium;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity">stamens (4–) 5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="ovary position;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary superior, 3-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="style quantity">style 1.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>capsules.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=sw United States;Mexico |discussion=<p>Species 2 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=mantese1993a |text=Mantese, A. and D. Medan. 1993. Anatomía y arquitectura foliares de Colletia y Adolphia (Rhamnaceae). Darwiniana 32: 91–97. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=tortosa1993a |text=Tortosa, R. D. 1993. Revisión del género Adolphia (Rhamnaceae: Colletieae). Darwiniana 32: 185–189. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Secondary branches and branchlets glabrous or glabrate, branchlets 1–1.5 mm diam.; leaf blades elliptic-oblong to obovate, 1- or vaguely 3-veined from base; hypanthia broadly obconic, 2.5–3 mm wide, sides nearly straight; sepals triangular-deltate, length equaling width, margins straight; petals 2–2.5 mm, deeply hooded. |[[Adolphia californica|Adolphia californica]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Secondary branches and branchlets minutely and persistently short-hispid, slowly glabrescent, branchlets usually 0.5–1 mm diam.; leaf blades narrowly oblanceolate to linear, 1-veined from base; hypanthia hemispheric-campanulate, 1.5 mm wide, sides convex; sepals ovate-triangular, length nearly 2 times width, margins curved; petals 1.2–1.5 mm, shallowly hooded. |[[Adolphia infesta|Adolphia infesta]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Adolphia |author=Guy L. Nesom |authority=Meisner |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Rhamnaceae |distribution=sw United States;Mexico |reference=mantese1993a;tortosa1993a |publication title=Pl. Vasc. Gen. |publication year=1837 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V12/V12_479.xml |genus=Adolphia |blade architecture=veined |blade coloration=not gland-dotted |bud-scale presence=absent |cyme architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |cyme position=axillary |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |flower position=axillary |flower reproduction=bisexual |hypanthium shape=broadly obconic;hemispheric-campanulate |hypanthium width=1.5mm;3mm |inflorescence architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |leaf arrangement=subopposite;opposite |leaf duration=deciduous |leaf presence=absent |nectary shape=5-angled |nectary texture=fleshy |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=3-locular |ovary position=superior |pedicel presence=absent |pedicel texture=not fleshy |peduncle texture=not fleshy |petal architecture=hooded;yellow-tipped |petal atypical quantity=4;5 |petal coloration=white |petal quantity=5 |petal shape=clawed;spatulate |secondary branchlet coloration=green |sepal atypical quantity=4;5 |sepal coloration=whitish;greenish white |sepal orientation=spreading |sepal quantity=5 |sepal shape=keeled;triangular-deltate;ovate-triangular |stamen atypical quantity=4;5 |stamen quantity=5 |style quantity=1 |whole_organism architecture=armed |whole_organism growth form=shrub }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Rhamnaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Rhamnaceae (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) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Adolphia.