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|accepted_name=Apacheria
|accepted_authority=C. T. Mason
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Madroño
|place=23: 105, figs. 1, 2a. 1975
|year=1975
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|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
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|code=E
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Crossosomataceae;Apacheria
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|etymology=For Apache Indians
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 9
|treatment_page=page 10
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs.</b></span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem structure subtype;stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>main often ± spreading, irregularly and usually densely branched;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="twig coloration;twig coloration;twig coloration or relief;twig pubescence;groove arrangement">twigs tan or orangish tinged, often with pair of opposite grooves, sometimes beginning to exfoliate during 1st year, not punctate, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="bark coloration">bark grayish tan to gray or black.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf arrangement;short-shoot architecture or arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>opposite, sometimes appearing fasciculate on short-shoots;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="">stipules absent or minute, narrowly triangular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="stipule presence;stipule size;stipule shape;stipule architecture;long-shoot shape">sessile, those on long-shoots decurrent as lines or grooves;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="blade shape;base shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin architecture or pubescence or shape;apex tip shape;apex tip shape;apex tip prominence;apex tip pubescence;apex tip pubescence">blade oblanceolate to cuneate or spatulate, base tapered, margins entire or apically 2–3-lobed, occasionally minutely ciliate near base, apex tip angled or tapered to sharply pointed, often mucronate (or lobe tips), venation obscure, not glaucous, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal on short-shoots, solitary flowers.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pedicel presence;pedicel height or length or size"><b>Pedicels </b>absent or short.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties=""><b>Flowers:</b> hypanthium without nectar disc;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;margin coloration;margin pubescence;margin pubescence">sepals 4, lanceolate to ovate, ± concave, not cucullate, margins usually narrowly hyaline at least proximally, not glaucous, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="petal quantity;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal shape;petal some measurement">petals 4, white, sometimes cream or ± reddish tinged with age, oblanceolate to oblanceolate-spatulate, 4–5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stamen quantity;series quantity;filament length or size;disc size or width">stamens 8, usually in 2 series, filaments inserted on hypanthium outside narrow disc, longer than anthers;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="carpel quantity;carpel fusion;carpel architecture">carpels 4, usually distinct, sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="stigma arrangement or course or shape;stigma shape">stigmas linear, ventrally decurrent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="follicle quantity;follicle shape;follicle shape;adaxial surface course;adaxial surface course;adaxial surface prior-to-dehiscence;adaxial surface pubescence;adaxial surface pubescence;vein prominence"><b>Follicles </b>1–4, asymmetrically turbinate to narrowly obovoid, turgid to slightly flattened, adaxial surface straight or nearly so prior to dehiscence, longitudinally striate with prominent venation, hispidulous, sometimes glabrescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="adaxial suture pubescence or texture">adaxial suture cartilaginous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="seed quantity;seed quantity;seed coloration;seed shape;seed shape;seed reflectance;seed relief"><b>Seeds </b>1 or 2 per follicle, brown to yellowish-brown, reniform, not or only slightly flattened, shiny, finely papillose (appearing pebbled);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="aril coloration;aril shape;aril shape">arils white (drying tan), irregularly discoid or ± fimbrillate.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Apacheria
|authority=C. T. Mason
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Crossosomataceae
|distribution=sw United States
|reference=None
|publication title=Madroño
|publication year=1975
|special status=Conservation concern;Endemic
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|genus=Apacheria
|adaxial surface course=nearly;straight
|adaxial surface prior-to-dehiscence=striate
|adaxial surface pubescence=glabrescent;hispidulous
|adaxial suture pubescence or texture=cartilaginous
|apex tip prominence=obscure
|apex tip pubescence=glabrous;not glaucous
|apex tip shape=mucronate;tapered;sharply pointed
|aril coloration=white
|aril shape=fimbrillate;discoid
|bark coloration=grayish tan;gray or black
|base shape=tapered
|blade shape=oblanceolate;cuneate or spatulate
|carpel architecture=sessile
|carpel fusion=distinct
|carpel quantity=4
|disc size or width=narrow
|filament length or size=longer
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|follicle quantity=1;4
|follicle shape=asymmetrically turbinate;narrowly obovoid turgid
|groove arrangement=opposite
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|leaf arrangement=opposite
|long-shoot shape=decurrent
|margin architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate
|margin coloration=hyaline
|margin pubescence=glabrous;not glaucous
|margin shape=2-3-lobed;entire
|pedicel height or length or size=short
|pedicel presence=absent
|petal coloration=reddish tinged;cream;white
|petal quantity=4
|petal shape=oblanceolate;oblanceolate-spatulate
|petal some measurement=4mm;5mm
|seed coloration=brown;yellowish-brown
|seed quantity=2;1
|seed reflectance=shiny
|seed relief=papillose
|seed shape=flattened;reniform
|sepal quantity=4
|sepal shape=not cucullate;concave;lanceolate;ovate
|series quantity=2
|short-shoot architecture or arrangement=fasciculate
|stamen quantity=8
|stem architecture=branched
|stem orientation=spreading
|stem structure subtype=main
|stigma arrangement or course or shape=linear
|stigma shape=decurrent
|stipule architecture=sessile
|stipule presence=absent
|stipule shape=triangular
|stipule size=minute
|twig coloration=orangish tinged;tan
|twig coloration or relief=punctate
|twig pubescence=glabrous
|vein prominence=prominent
|whole_organism growth form=shrub
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