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|accepted_name=Cypselea
|accepted_authority=Turpin
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.
|place=7: 219, plate 121. 1806
|year=1806
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Aizoaceae;Cypselea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aizoaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cypselea]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek kypsele, a hollow box or chest, such as a beehive, which the capsule is thought to resemble
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 75, 76, 77
|treatment_page=page 82
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual, mat-forming, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root texture"><b>Roots </b>fibrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem growth form or orientation"><b>Stems </b>prostrate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf size"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, opposite, those of each pair unequal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule fixation;stipule texture;stipule shape;stem architecture or shape">stipules sheathing stem, attached to proximal petiole margins, scarious, fringed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade architecture or pubescence or relief;blade shape;margin architecture or shape">blade flat, elliptical to obovate, smooth, tapered to base, margins entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, flowers solitary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="bract architecture">bracts foliaceous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bracteole texture;bracteole shape">bracteoles scarious, fringed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower prominence;flower diameter"><b>Flowers </b>inconspicuous, 2–3 mm diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="calyx shape">calyx campanulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="calyx lobe quantity;calyx lobe size">calyx lobes 4–5, unequal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="petal presence;staminodium architecture;staminodium presence">petals and petaloid staminodia absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity;stamen arrangement">stamens (1–) 3, alternating with calyx lobes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="pistil architecture">pistil usually 2-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="ovary position;ovary architecture;ovary shape">ovary superior, 1-loculed, ovoid to globose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="">placentation free-central;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="stigma quantity">styles and stigmas usually 2.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="fruits capsule dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, dehiscence circumscissile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="seed quantity"><b>Seeds </b>ca. 150;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="aril duration;aril size">arils persistent on placentas, slender.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mexico;West Indies;South America
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 8 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Cypselea
|author=Wayne R. Ferren Jr.
|authority=Turpin
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Aizoaceae
|distribution=Mexico;West Indies;South America
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.
|publication year=1806
|special status=
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|genus=Cypselea
|aril duration=persistent
|aril size=slender
|blade architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|blade shape=tapered;elliptical;obovate
|bract architecture=foliaceous
|bracteole shape=fringed
|bracteole texture=scarious
|calyx lobe quantity=4;5
|calyx lobe size=unequal
|calyx shape=campanulate
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|flower diameter=2mm;3mm
|flower prominence=inconspicuous
|fruits capsule dehiscence=circumscissile
|inflorescence position=axillary
|leaf arrangement=opposite
|leaf position=cauline
|leaf size=unequal
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|ovary architecture=1-loculed
|ovary position=superior
|ovary shape=ovoid;globose
|petal presence=absent
|pistil architecture=2-carpellate
|root texture=fibrous
|seed quantity=150
|stamen arrangement=alternating
|stamen atypical quantity=1;3
|stamen quantity=3
|staminodium architecture=petaloid
|staminodium presence=absent
|stem architecture or shape=sheathing
|stem growth form or orientation=prostrate
|stigma quantity=2
|stipule fixation=attached
|stipule shape=fringed
|stipule texture=scarious
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb;mat-forming
|whole_organism pubescence=glabrous
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