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|accepted_name=Aphanisma
|accepted_authority=Nuttall ex Moquin-Tandon in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prod.
|place=13(2): 43, 54. 1849
|year=1849
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Aphanisma
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aphanisma]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek aphanes, obscure or inconspicuous
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 261
|treatment_page=page 264
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem growth form or orientation;stem growth form or orientation;stem orientation;stem size;stem size;stem course;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem texture"><b>Stems </b>prostrate, decumbent, ascending and stout or slender and flexuous, simple or sparsely branched, not jointed or armed, succulent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, sessile or petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade texture;margin architecture or shape">blade not fleshy, margins entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="proximal blade shape;proximal blade shape;proximal blade shape;proximal blade shape;proximal blade shape;apex shape;apex shape">proximal spatulate, oblanceolate, or oblong, apex obtuse or acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="distal blade shape;base architecture or fixation">distal ovate-oblong to cordate-oblong, base clasping.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, sessile, 1–5-flowered.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="perianth shape;perianth growth form or texture">perianth 3 (–5) -lobed, herbaceous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stigma quantity">stigmas 3;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamen 1.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="utricle shape"><b>Fruiting </b>structures: utricle globose, exceeding perianth at maturity;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="pericarp fusion;pericarp coloration;pericarp texture;pericarp dehiscence">pericarp free from seed, green, membranous, dehiscence circumscissile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed orientation;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>horizontal, lenticular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed-coat coloration;seed-coat coloration or relief">seed-coat black, rugose-punctate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="embryo shape;perisperm quantity">embryo incompletely annular, perisperm copious.</span><!--

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|distribution=Calif.;nw Mexico
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
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name=Aphanisma
|author=Leila M. Shultz
|authority=Nuttall ex Moquin-Tandon in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Chenopodiaceae
|distribution=Calif.;nw Mexico
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prod.
|publication year=1849
|special status=
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|genus=Aphanisma
|apex shape=acute;obtuse
|base architecture or fixation=clasping
|blade texture=not fleshy
|distal blade shape=ovate-oblong;cordate-oblong
|embryo shape=annular
|flower reproduction=bisexual
|inflorescence architecture=1-5-flowered;sessile
|inflorescence position=axillary
|leaf architecture=petiolate;sessile
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|perianth growth form or texture=herbaceous
|perianth shape=3(-5)-lobed
|pericarp coloration=green
|pericarp dehiscence=circumscissile
|pericarp fusion=free
|pericarp texture=membranous
|perisperm quantity=copious
|proximal blade shape=oblong;oblanceolate;oblong;oblanceolate;spatulate
|seed orientation=horizontal
|seed shape=lenticular
|seed-coat coloration=black
|seed-coat coloration or relief=rugose-punctate
|stamen quantity=1
|stem architecture=armed;not jointed;branched;simple;armed;not jointed;branched;simple
|stem course=flexuous
|stem growth form or orientation=decumbent;prostrate
|stem orientation=ascending
|stem size=slender;stout
|stem texture=succulent
|stigma quantity=3
|utricle shape=globose
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism pubescence=glabrous
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