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|accepted_name=Akebia
|accepted_authority=Decaisne
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat.
|place=1: 195. 1839
|year=1839
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Lardizabalaceae;Akebia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lardizabalaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Akebia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Japanese akebi, name for Akebia quinata
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Vines,</b> twining.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>palmately compound;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaflet quantity;leaflet architecture">leaflets 3-5, articulate at base of blade and at base of petiolule.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence arrangement;flower architecture;flower position;flower architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>racemose, pistillate flowers proximal to staminate flowers in each raceme.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower growth form;flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>dimorphic: pistillate flowers larger and longer pediceled than staminate flowers;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower growth form;sepal coloration">sepals mostly brownish to purplish.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture;pistillode presence"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: pistillodes present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower architecture;pistil quantity;pistil atypical quantity;pistil quantity"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: pistils (3-) -8 (-15);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower architecture;flower placentation">placentation laminar;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;staminode presence">staminodes present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="fruits follicle texture;fruits follicle dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>follicles, fleshy, dehiscent along adaxial suture.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>100-several hundred.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="seed quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 16.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Asia
|discussion=<p>Species 4 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Pistils in Akebia are incompletely closed distally (W. W. Payne and J. L. Seago 1968).</p>
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name=Akebia
|authority=Decaisne
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Lardizabalaceae
|distribution=North America;Asia
|reference=None
|publication title=Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat.
|publication year=1839
|special status=
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|genus=Akebia
|flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;pistillate;staminate;pistillate
|flower growth form=dimorphic;dimorphic
|flower placentation=laminar
|flower position=proximal
|fruits follicle dehiscence=dehiscent
|fruits follicle texture=fleshy
|inflorescence arrangement=racemose
|leaf architecture=compound
|leaflet architecture=articulate
|leaflet quantity=3;5
|pistil atypical quantity=8;15
|pistil quantity=8;[3
|pistillode presence=absent
|seed quantity=100;several
|sepal coloration=mostly brownish;purplish
|staminode presence=absent
|whole_organism growth form=vine;twining
|x chromosome quantity=16
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