View source for Galax ← Galax 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=Galax |accepted_authority=Sims |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Bot. Mag. |place=20: plate 754. 1804, name conserved , }} |common_names=Beetleweed;wand-flower |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Diapensiaceae;Galax |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Diapensiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Galax]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek gala, milk, presumably alluding to flower color |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 332, 334 |treatment_page=page 333 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> colonial, scapose, rhizomatous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rhizome size;rhizome architecture;rhizome texture">rhizome slender, scale-leaved, slightly lignescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>erect, unbranched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf some measurement"><b>Leaves </b>basal or rosulate at rhizome tips, 80–350 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="petiole presence">petiole present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape;surface pubescence;surface architecture">blade broadly ovate to orbiculate, margins finely dentate-serrate, apex obtuse to rounded, surfaces glabrous, subpalmately veined.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="scape architecture;scape length"><b>Scapes </b>ebracteate, barely elongating after flowering.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="raceme architecture or arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>compact racemes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="sepal fusion"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals barely connate proximally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="petal fusion;corolla shape;corolla some measurement;lobe coloration;margin architecture or shape">petals distinct nearly to base, corolla urceolate, 3.5–8 mm, lobes white, margins entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="anther architecture or structure in adjective form;anther dehiscence">anthers 1-locular, without basal spurs, transversely dehiscent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="filament fusion;filament fusion;filament fusion;staminode fusion;staminode fusion;staminode fusion;tube shape">filaments and staminodes connate basally, forming coronalike tube adnate to corolla base, free distally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="">staminodes present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="staminode presence;x chromosome quantity">x = 6.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=e United States |discussion=<p>Species 1: e United States.</p><!-- --><p>Prior to 1972, the single species of Galax was known as G. aphylla Linnaeus; the type of that name was shown by R. K. Brummitt (1972) to represent a species of Nemophila (Hydrophyllaceae). Because Galax Linnaeus 1753 was based on the Nemophila type, the later name Galax Sims has been conserved.</p><!-- --><p>Species 1</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Galax |author=Guy L. Nesom |authority=Sims |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Diapensiaceae |distribution=e United States |reference=None |publication title=Bot. Mag. |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V8/V8_657.xml |genus=Galax |anther architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular |anther dehiscence=dehiscent |apex shape=obtuse;rounded |blade shape=broadly ovate;orbiculate |corolla shape=urceolate |corolla some measurement=3.5mm;8mm |filament fusion=free;adnate;connate |leaf arrangement=rosulate |leaf position=basal |leaf some measurement=80mm;350mm |lobe coloration=white |margin architecture or shape=entire;dentate-serrate |petal fusion=distinct |petiole presence=absent |raceme architecture or arrangement=compact |rhizome architecture=scale-leaved |rhizome size=slender |rhizome texture=lignescent |scape architecture=ebracteate |scape length=elongating |sepal fusion=connate |staminode fusion=free;adnate;connate |staminode presence=absent |stem architecture=unbranched |stem orientation=erect |surface architecture=veined |surface pubescence=glabrous |tube shape=coronalike |whole_organism architecture=rhizomatous;scapose |whole_organism growth form=herb;colonial |x chromosome quantity=6 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Diapensiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Diapensiaceae (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 Galax.