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|accepted_name=Axyris
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 979. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 420. 1754
|year=1754
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|common_names=Russian pigweed
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Axyris
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Axyris]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek axyros (a, not, and xyrios, razor), blunt, not cutting, in reference to the mild taste
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 260
|treatment_page=page 308
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism growth form;trichome coloration;trichome arrangement or shape;trichome coloration;trichome architecture"><b>Herbs,</b> annual, monoecious, covered with rusty-colored, stellate, and whitish simple trichomes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem size"><b>Stems </b>ascending, not jointed or armed, slender.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;base shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;apex shape">blade ovatelanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, base tapered, margins entire, plane or revolute, apex acute to acuminate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>glomerules, cymes, or flowers solitary.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower architecture;cyme architecture"><b>Staminate </b>flowers in terminal glomerules or at end of pistillate cymes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower architecture"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers solitary in upper leaf-axils or forming cymes commingled with staminate flowers.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties=""><b>Flowers </b>unisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture;perianth segment quantity">staminate with perianth segments 3–5, stamens 2–5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen architecture;bracteole quantity;perianth segment quantity">pistillate with bracteoles 2, perianth segments 3–4, stigmas 2, filiform.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stigma quantity;stigma shape;perianth duration;perianth size;utricle position relational"><b>Fruiting </b>structures persistent, accrescent perianth surrounding utricle;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="utricle architecture;utricle shape;utricle shape">utricles winged, obovate to cuneate, laterally compressed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="pericarp fusion">pericarp adherent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed orientation;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>vertical, ovoid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed-coat coloration;seed-coat pubescence or relief or texture">seed-coat grayish, granular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="embryo shape">embryo horseshoe-shaped;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="">perisperm copious.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="perisperm quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 9.</span><!--

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|distribution=Eurasia
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 5 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Axyris
|author=Leila M. Shultz
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Chenopodiaceae
|illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=Eurasia
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Axyris
|apex shape=acute;acuminate
|base shape=tapered
|blade shape=ovatelanceolate;narrowly lanceolate
|bracteole quantity=2
|cyme architecture=pistillate
|embryo shape=horseshoe--shaped
|flower architecture=staminate;staminate;pistillate;staminate
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary;solitary
|flower reproduction=unisexual
|leaf architecture=petiolate
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|margin shape=revolute;plane;entire
|perianth duration=persistent
|perianth segment quantity=3;4
|perianth size=accrescent
|pericarp fusion=adherent
|perisperm quantity=copious
|seed orientation=vertical
|seed shape=ovoid
|seed-coat coloration=grayish
|seed-coat pubescence or relief or texture=granular
|stamen architecture=pistillate
|stamen quantity=2;5
|stem architecture=armed;not jointed
|stem orientation=ascending
|stem size=slender
|stigma quantity=2
|stigma shape=filiform
|trichome architecture=simple
|trichome arrangement or shape=stellate
|trichome coloration=whitish;rusty-colored
|utricle architecture=winged
|utricle position relational=surrounding
|utricle shape=compressed;obovate;cuneate
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism reproduction=monoecious
|x chromosome quantity=9
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