View source for Bassia ← Bassia 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=Bassia |accepted_authority=Allioni |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Mélanges Philos. Math. Soc. Roy. Turin |place=3: 177. 1766 |year=1766 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Bassia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bassia]]</div></div> |etymology=For F. Bassi, 1710–1774, Italian naturalist |volume=Volume 4 |mention_page=page 261, 265 |treatment_page=page 309 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual, ± densely pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem texture"><b>Stems </b>erect, semierect, ascending, or prostrate, branched or simple, not jointed, not armed, not fleshy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, sessile (or sometimes narrowed to pseudopetiole);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape">blade linear, lanceolate, or lanceolate-elliptic, flat or semiterete (semicylindric in transverse-section; ± fleshy), base cuneate, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower atypical quantity;flower quantity"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal spikes, flowers [1–] 2–3 in axils.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual, sessile, ebracteolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="perianth segment quantity;perianth segment pubescence;perianth segment pubescence;perianth segment pubescence;appendage shape;appendage shape;appendage shape">perianth segments 5, ± hirsute or pubescent, rarely glabrous, at maturity with spiniform, hooked, or conic appendages;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stigma atypical quantity;stigma quantity">styles and stigmas 2 (–3).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="whole-organism presence"><b>Fruiting </b>structures: fruiting bracts absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="achene shape">achenes ovate-compressed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="pericarp fusion;pericarp texture">pericarp free, membranous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="seed orientation;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>horizontal, lenticular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed-coat coloration;seed-coat architecture or pubescence or relief">seed-coat brownish, smooth;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="embryo shape">embryo annular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="">perisperm copious.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="perisperm quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 9.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Asia;Europe;Africa |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species ca. 10 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Bassia occurs primarily in steppe and desert zones. A. J. Scott (1978) circumscribed Bassia in a very broad sense, including Kochia and some other genera. Only one section of Kochia is somewhat transitional towards Bassia (see comments in the treatment of Kochia). The present treatment follows the traditional concepts of Bassia and Kochia.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=collins1979a |text=Collins, S. L. and W. H. Blackwell. 1979. Bassia (Chenopodiaceae) in North America. Sida 8: 57–64. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades flat, lanceolate-elliptic, lanceolate, or linear; all perianth segments at maturity with thin, hooked spine adaxially; inflorescence axis ± straight |[[Bassia hyssopifolia|Bassia hyssopifolia]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades semiterete, linear or filiform; (2-)3(-4) perianth segments at maturity with conic nonhooked appendages adaxially, other segments ± unappendaged; inflorescence axis flex- uous |[[Bassia hirsuta|Bassia hirsuta]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Bassia |author=Sergei L. Mosyakin |authority=Allioni |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Chenopodiaceae |illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=Asia;Europe;Africa |introduced=true |reference=collins1979a |publication title=Mélanges Philos. Math. Soc. Roy. Turin |publication year=1766 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V4/V4_594.xml |genus=Bassia |achene shape=ovate-compressed |apex shape=obtuse;acute |appendage shape=conic;hooked;spiniform |base shape=cuneate |blade shape=semiterete;flat;lanceolate-elliptic;lanceolate;semiterete;flat;lanceolate-elliptic;lanceolate;semiterete;flat;lanceolate-elliptic;lanceolate;linear |embryo shape=annular |flower architecture=ebracteolate;sessile |flower atypical quantity=1;2 |flower quantity=2;3 |flower reproduction=bisexual |leaf architecture=sessile |leaf arrangement=alternate |margin architecture or shape=entire |perianth segment pubescence=glabrous;pubescent;hirsute |perianth segment quantity=5 |pericarp fusion=free |pericarp texture=membranous |perisperm quantity=copious |seed orientation=horizontal |seed shape=lenticular |seed-coat architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth |seed-coat coloration=brownish |stamen quantity=5 |stem architecture=not armed;not jointed;simple;branched |stem orientation=prostrate;ascending;prostrate;ascending;semierect;erect |stem texture=not fleshy |stigma atypical quantity=2;3 |stigma quantity=2 |whole-organism presence=absent |whole_organism duration=annual |whole_organism growth form=herb |whole_organism pubescence=pubescent |x chromosome quantity=9 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Chenopodiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Chenopodiaceae (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) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Bassia.