View source for Brandegea ← Brandegea 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=Brandegea |accepted_authority=Cogniaux |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. |place=2, 3: 58. 1890 |year=1890 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Cucurbitaceae;Brandegea |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cucurbitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Brandegea]]</div></div> |etymology=For Townshend Stith Brandegee, 1843 – 1925, California botanist, explorer and collector, civil engineer, topographer |volume=Volume 6 |mention_page=page 6, 18 |treatment_page=page 17 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism growth form or orientation;whole_organism orientation;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>annual (sometimes short-lived perennial), monoecious, sprawling, trailing, or climbing;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="">stems annual, glabrate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem duration;stem pubescence;stem architecture;root texture">taprooted or roots slender-fibrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="tendril architecture">tendrils unbranched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;lobe shape;central lobe length;margin architecture or shape;surface architecture"><b>Leaves:</b> blade hastate, 4–5-angular, or suborbiculate, shallowly to deeply palmately 3 (–5) -lobed, lobes triangular or ovate to linear-oblong, central lobe usually longest, margins entire, surfaces eglandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower architecture;flower atypical quantity;flower atypical quantity;flower quantity"><b>Inflorescences:</b> staminate flowers (1–) 2 (–3) in axillary racemes or racemoid panicles;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form">pistillate flowers solitary in same axils as staminate, irregularly produced;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="peduncle orientation">peduncles erect at apex;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract presence">bracts absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="hypanthium shape"><b>Flowers:</b> hypanthium cupulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal variability">sepals 5, barely differentiated as apiculae;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal quantity;petal fusion;petal fusion;petal coloration;petal shape;petal atypical some measurement;petal some measurement;petal pubescence;apex shape;corolla shape">petals 5, distinct or nearly so, white, triangular to ovate or narrowly oblong-triangular with acute apices, 1–1.5 [–3] mm, glabrous, corolla rotate to shallowly cupulate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: stamens 3–5 (appearing 1–3 from connation);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;filament fusion">filaments inserted at hypanthium base, connate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;theca fusion;theca fusion;theca shape;theca arrangement or shape;connective width">thecae connate, forming a head but not fused into ring, horseshoe-shaped, twisted-contorted, connective broad;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="flower architecture;pistillode presence">pistillodes absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="flower architecture;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary shape"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: ovary 1-locular, broadly fusiform-rostrate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="flower architecture;ovule atypical quantity;ovule quantity">ovules 1 (–2) per locule;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="flower architecture;style quantity;style shape">styles 1–3, columnar;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="flower architecture;stigma quantity;stigma shape;stigma shape">stigmas 1, depressed-globose to hemispheric, sometimes 2-lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="flower architecture;staminode presence">staminodes absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit coloration;fruit shape;fruit shape;fruit shape;fruit architecture or shape;fruit condition or texture;fruit architecture;fruit architecture;fruit architecture;spinule architecture;spinule orientation;spinule dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, light tan, obovoid to suborbicular, gibbous, slightly compressed, beaked, dry, thin-walled, sparsely short-echinate or subaculeate, spinules thick-based, antrorsely upturned, irregularly dehiscent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="seed atypical quantity;seed quantity;seed shape;seed shape;seed architecture;margin variability;surface relief"><b>Seeds </b>1 (–2), subcylindric-clavate to obdeltoid, compressed, not arillate, margins not differentiated, surface muriculate to warty.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=sw United States;nw Mexico |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!-- --><p>J. N. Rose (1897b) recognized five species of Brandegea (without a key to distinguish them). Of the five, B. minima (S. Watson) Rose was later transferred to Cyclanthera (D. M. Kearns and E. C. Jones 1992); the others have been relegated to synonymy of B. bigelovii.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Brandegea |authority=Cogniaux |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Cucurbitaceae |distribution=sw United States;nw Mexico |reference=None |publication title=Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. |publication year=1890 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V6/V6_22.xml |genus=Brandegea |apex shape=acute |blade shape=suborbiculate;shallowly deeply palmately 3(-5)-lobed |bract presence=absent |central lobe length=longest |connective width=broad |corolla shape=rotate;shallowly cupulate |filament fusion=connate |flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate;pistillate;staminate |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |flower atypical quantity=2;3 |flower quantity=2 |fruit architecture=subaculeate;short-echinate;thin-walled;capsular |fruit architecture or shape=beaked |fruit coloration=light tan |fruit condition or texture=dry |fruit shape=compressed;gibbous;obovoid;suborbicular |hypanthium shape=cupulate |lobe shape=ovate;linear-oblong |margin architecture or shape=entire |margin variability=not differentiated |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular |ovary shape=fusiform-rostrate |ovule atypical quantity=1;2 |ovule quantity=1 |peduncle orientation=erect |petal atypical some measurement=1.5mm;3mm |petal coloration=white |petal fusion=nearly;distinct |petal pubescence=glabrous |petal quantity=5 |petal shape=triangular;ovate or narrowly oblong-triangular |petal some measurement=1mm;1.5mm |pistillode presence=absent |root texture=slender-fibrous |seed architecture=not arillate |seed atypical quantity=1;2 |seed quantity=1 |seed shape=compressed;subcylindric-clavate;obdeltoid |sepal quantity=5 |sepal variability=differentiated |spinule architecture=thick-based |spinule dehiscence=dehiscent |spinule orientation=upturned |stamen quantity=3;5 |staminode presence=absent |stem architecture=taprooted |stem duration=annual |stem pubescence=glabrate |stigma quantity=1 |stigma shape=2-lobed;depressed-globose;hemispheric |style quantity=1;3 |style shape=columnar |surface architecture=eglandular |surface relief=muriculate;warty |tendril architecture=unbranched |theca arrangement or shape=twisted-contorted |theca fusion=not fused;connate |theca shape=horseshoe--shaped |whole_organism duration=annual |whole_organism growth form=plant;climbing |whole_organism growth form or orientation=sprawling |whole_organism orientation=trailing |whole_organism reproduction=monoecious }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Cucurbitaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Cucurbitaceae (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 Brandegea.