View source for Asemeia ← Asemeia 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=Asemeia |accepted_authority=Rafinesque |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Herb. Raf., |place=80. 1833 |year=1833 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Polygalaceae;Asemeia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygalaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Asemeia]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek a, absence, and semion, sign or flag, alluding to distinctness from Polygala in absence of vexillum |volume=Volume 10 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="herb duration;herb growth form;herb quantity;herb architecture or growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, sometimes suffrutescent, single to multistemmed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem pubescence;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>usually erect, sometimes laxly spreading, pubescent or glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="">petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture;leaf growth form">not strongly dimorphic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade surface pubescence">blade surfaces usually pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal or axillary, racemes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="peduncle presence">peduncle present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract duration;bract duration">bracts deciduous or persistent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower coloration;flower coloration;flower coloration;flower reproduction;flower some measurement"><b>Flowers </b>pink to purple (wings becoming green in fruit), chasmogamous, 5–9 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="sepal duration;lower sepal length;lower sepal shape;lower sepal pubescence;lower sepal pubescence;lower sepal pubescence">sepals persistent, lower 2 connate3/4 their length, distally 2-lobed, pubescent or subglabrous, sometimes marginally glandular-ciliate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="wing duration;wing atypical some measurement;wing some measurement;wing pubescence;wing pubescence">wings persistent, (2.5–) 4–7 mm, pubescent or subglabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="keel architecture or shape;keel pubescence">keel entire, without crest or beak, often with lateral folds, pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen arrangement;bundle quantity">stamens 8, not grouped into bundles of 4;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="ovary architecture">ovary 2-loculed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruits capsule dehiscence;margin architecture;margin pubescence;margin pubescence"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, dehiscent, margins not or very narrowly winged, glabrous or sparsely pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed pubescence;seed architecture;aril lobe prominence;aril lobe presence"><b>Seeds </b>densely pubescent, arillate, aril lobes vestigial or present.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=se United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America |discussion=<p>Species ca. 28 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Rafinesque considered Asemeia to contain two species of Polygala combined by Elliott under the name P. pubescens. He characterized the genus by its absence of a crest, tuberculate keel petal, and 2-loculed, winged capsule with two seeds; the absence of a crest is known in other species of Polygalaceae. It is not clear what Rafinesque meant by a tuberculate keel petal (although it may be a reference to the lateral folds often found on the keel). Most members of the traditional Polygala in the broad sense have 2-loculed capsules, winged in many species, with two seeds.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Asemeia |authority=Rafinesque |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Polygalaceae |distribution=se United States;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America |reference=None |publication title=Herb. Raf., |publication year=1833 |special status= |source xml= |genus=Asemeia |aril lobe presence=absent |aril lobe prominence=vestigial |blade surface pubescence=pubescent |bract duration=persistent;deciduous |bundle quantity=4 |flower coloration=pink;purple |flower reproduction=chasmogamous |flower some measurement=5mm;9mm |fruits capsule dehiscence=dehiscent |herb architecture or growth form=multistemmed |herb duration=perennial |herb growth form=suffrutescent |herb quantity=single |inflorescence position=axillary;terminal |keel architecture or shape=entire |keel pubescence=pubescent |leaf architecture=petiolate |leaf arrangement=alternate |leaf growth form=dimorphic |lower sepal length=2 |lower sepal pubescence=glandular-ciliate;subglabrous;pubescent |lower sepal shape=2-lobed |margin architecture=winged |margin pubescence=pubescent;glabrous |ovary architecture=2-loculed |pedicel presence=absent |peduncle presence=absent |seed architecture=arillate |seed pubescence=pubescent |sepal duration=persistent |stamen arrangement=not grouped |stamen quantity=8 |stem orientation=spreading;erect |stem pubescence=glabrous;pubescent |wing atypical some measurement=2.5mm;4mm |wing duration=persistent |wing pubescence=subglabrous;pubescent |wing some measurement=4mm;7mm }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Polygalaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Polygalaceae (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) Return to Asemeia.