View source for Dorstenia ← Dorstenia 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=Dorstenia |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 121. 175 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 56. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Tusilla |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Moraceae;Dorstenia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Moraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Dorstenia]]</div></div> |etymology=for Theodor Dorsten (d. 1539), German herbalist and professor of medicine at Marburg |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, rhizomatous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem height or length or size;stem texture;stem location;stem prominence">stems short, fleshy, aerial stems not evident;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="sap coloration">sap milky.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule duration;stipule fusion">stipules persistent, free.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="leaf-blade shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade ovate to orbiculate, margins entire or pinnately lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="margin shape;margin shape;margin architecture;base architecture or shape">venation palmate near base of blade, otherwise pinnate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence position;receptacle architecture;receptacle prominence or shape"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, flowers embedded in long-pedunculate, flat receptacle.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers:</b> staminate and pistillate on same plant.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;calyx size;calyx shape"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: calyx minute, 2-3-lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity;stamen orientation">stamens 1-3, inflexed in bud.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;calyx shape;calyx shape"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: calyx tubular, 4-lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;ovary position;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary inferior, embedded in receptacle, 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;style architecture">style 2-branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="syncarps disc shape"><b>Syncarps </b>disc or cupshaped;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="receptacle size;receptacle texture;receptacle quantity">drupes embedded in enlarged, fleshy, common receptacle.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>explosively expelled.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tropical |discussion=<p>Species ca. 170 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Dorstenia |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Moraceae |distribution=Tropical |reference=None |publication title=Sp. 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