View source for Frankenia ← Frankenia 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=Frankenia |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 331. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 154. 1754 |year=1754 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Frankeniaceae;Frankenia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Frankeniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Frankenia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Johann Frankenius, 1590 – 1661, Swedish botanist |volume=Volume 6 |mention_page=page 410 |treatment_page=page 409 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="branch architecture;branch shape;branch variability;short-shoot length or size;hair architecture"><b>Branches </b>articulated, often swollen at nodes, usually differentiated into long and short-shoots, hairs simple.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf architecture;leaf architecture;crust architecture"><b>Leaves </b>petiolate or sessile, salt crystals usually present on leaf surfaces, sometimes forming solid crust, short-shoot leaves in axillary fascicles;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="petiole prominence;petiole width;margin architecture or pubescence or shape">petiole sometimes inconspicuous, narrow to broad distally, margins usually ciliate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="floral bract architecture or shape;floral bract fusion;calyx base quantity;calyx base architecture or fixation"><b>Inflorescences:</b> floral bracts leaflike, usually connate basally into verticels of 4, clasping calyx base (rarely adnate to calyx base).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="calyx-tube shape;calyx-tube architecture or shape"><b>Flowers:</b> calyx-tube cylindric [campanulate], strongly rounded-ribbed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower shape;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal shape;claw arrangement or course or shape;claw size;claw shape;limb apex shape;limb apex shape;limb apex shape;limb apex course;limb apex pubescence">4–6 [–7] -lobed, petals white, pink, violet, or blue-purple, oblong-oblanceolate to spatulate, claw linear, broadening slightly at apex, to narrowly cuneate, limb apex truncate or rounded, erose-denticulate to sinuous, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="anther coloration">anthers yellow or red to yellowish pink to purplish red;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="ovule atypical quantity;ovule atypical quantity;ovule quantity;funiculus orientation;funiculus orientation;funiculus fusion;funiculus fusion;ovule orientation;ovule orientation">ovary with [1–] 2–60 [–100] ovules, funiculi ascending and bearing erect ovules or deflexed and bearing pendulous ovules, usually free, infrequently adnate to carpel wall for part of their lengths.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>ivory to golden brown, ovoid-conic or elongate-ovoid to oblong or ovoid-ellipsoid or ellipsoid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="seed coloration;seed shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 5.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=United States;Mexico;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Australia;in West Indies |discussion=<p>Frankenia species vary in the degree of revoluteness of the leaf margins. This is most easily determined on fresh or softened material; loosely revolute margins will often tend to become somewhat more revolute on drying but can still be distinguished from tightly revolute margins that are not readily unrolled.</p><!-- --><p>Species ca. 70 (5 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades subterete, margins tightly revolute, abaxial surface mostly concealed |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |At least some leaf blades flat, margins slightly to loosely revolute, abaxial surface mostly exposed |[[#key-0-3| > 3]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Styles (2–)3(–4)-branched; petioles sometimes absent, 0.1–1.5 mm, apex ± similar in width to base of blade. |[[Frankenia jamesii|Frankenia jamesii]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Styles 2(–3)-branched; petioles (0.2–)0.3–1 mm, apex abruptly and markedly wider than base of blade. |[[Frankenia palmeri|Frankenia palmeri]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Herbs, annual; petals 2.5–5.2 mm; seeds 0.4–0.7 mm. |[[Frankenia pulverulenta|Frankenia pulverulenta]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Subshrubs, or shrubs, perennial; petals 5.5–11.5 mm; seeds 0.8–3.1 mm |[[#key-0-4| > 4]] |-id=key-0-4 |4 |Branches hairy, hairs appressed; petiole subcylindric and narrow distally, tapering markedly toward blade; seeds 2–3.1 mm. |[[Frankenia johnstonii|Frankenia johnstonii]] |-id=key-0-4 |4 |Branches glabrous or puberulous or short-pilose, hairs erect or suberect; petioles not markedly tapering toward blade; seeds 0.8–1.5 mm. |[[Frankenia salina|Frankenia salina]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Frankenia |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Frankeniaceae |distribution=United States;Mexico;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Atlantic Islands;Australia;in West Indies |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V6/V6_776.xml |genus=Frankenia |anther coloration=red;yellowish pink |branch architecture=articulated |branch shape=swollen |branch variability=differentiated |calyx base architecture or fixation=clasping |calyx base quantity=4 |calyx-tube architecture or shape=rounded-ribbed |calyx-tube shape=cylindric |claw arrangement or course or shape=linear |claw shape=cuneate |claw size=broadening |crust architecture=solid |floral bract architecture or shape=leaflike |floral bract fusion=connate |flower shape=4-6[-7]-lobed |funiculus fusion=adnate;free |funiculus orientation=deflexed;ascending |hair architecture=simple |leaf architecture=sessile;petiolate |limb apex course=sinuous |limb apex pubescence=glabrous |limb apex shape=erose-denticulate;rounded;truncate |margin architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate |ovule atypical quantity=60;100 |ovule orientation=pendulous;erect |ovule quantity=2;60 |petal coloration=blue-purple;violet;blue-purple;violet;pink;white |petal shape=oblong-oblanceolate;spatulate |petiole prominence=inconspicuous |petiole width=narrow;broad |seed coloration=ivory;golden brown |seed shape=elongate-ovoid;oblong or ovoid-ellipsoid or ellipsoid |short-shoot length or size=long |x chromosome quantity=5 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Frankeniaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Frankeniaceae (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 Frankenia.