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|accepted_name=Batis
|accepted_authority=P. Browne
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica,
|place=356. 1756
|year=1756
}}
|common_names=Saltwort
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Bataceae;Batis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Bataceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Batis]]</div></div>
|etymology=probably from Greek via Latin for another coastal plant, or possibly Greek batos, bramble
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 187
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism position;whole_organism growth form or orientation;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>relatively low, sprawling.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf-blade shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blades obovoid to oblanceoloid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="spike architecture;spike shape;spike shape;spike shape;spike shape;spike shape"><b>Spikes </b>subsessile, ellipsoid, subglobose, or turbinate [lax, bracteate, flowers solitary].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>anemophilous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="filament size;filament architecture">filaments slender, or sometimes winged;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="anther fixation;anther fixation">anthers versatile, dorsifixed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="stigma architecture;stigma relief">stigmas sessile, papillate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="seed quantity"><b>Syncarps </b>each with 1–4 seeds (pyrenes).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="seed size or width;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>narrow, flattened;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="">coats thin.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="coat width;x chromosome quantity">x = 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=s North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands);Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Pacific Islands (s New Guinea);Australia
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Batis argillicola P. Royen occurs along the coasts of southern New Guinea and northern Australia. It differs from B. maritima in being monoecious and having solitary flowers, shorter leaves, tepals of staminate flowers each with one vascular bundle and a tapered base, and winged filaments. Wood anatomy and habit of the two species are similar. There was an earlier dubious chromosome count of x = 9.</p>
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name=Batis
|authority=P. Browne
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Bataceae
|distribution=s North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands);Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Pacific Islands (s New Guinea);Australia
|reference=None
|publication title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica,
|publication year=1756
|special status=
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|genus=Batis
|anther fixation=dorsifixed;versatile
|coat width=thin
|filament architecture=winged
|filament size=slender
|flower reproduction=anemophilous
|leaf-blade shape=obovoid;oblanceoloid
|seed quantity=1;4
|seed shape=flattened
|seed size or width=narrow
|spike architecture=subsessile
|spike shape=turbinate;subglobose;turbinate;subglobose;ellipsoid
|stigma architecture=sessile
|stigma relief=papillate
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism growth form or orientation=sprawling
|whole_organism position=low
|x chromosome quantity=11
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