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|accepted_name=Gisekia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mant. Pl.
|place=2: 554, 562 (as Gisechia). 1771
|year=1771
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Phytolaccaceae;Gisekia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Phytolaccaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gisekia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Paul Dietrich Giseke, 1741–1796, German professor, botanist, and pupil of Linnaeus
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 3, 4
|treatment_page=page 11
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>opposite or appearing whorled.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="inflorescence position;dichasium architecture;dichasium architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, compound dichasia, appearing umbelliform.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="sepal quantity"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals 5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="carpel quantity;carpel fusion">carpels 5, free;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="ovary quantity;ovary architecture">ovaries 5, each 1-loculed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="stigma quantity">style and stigma 1 per carpel;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stigma position or structure subtype">stigma terminal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="achene architecture;achene shape"><b>Fruits:</b> group of thin-walled, lenticular achenes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="seed quantity"><b>Seed </b>1 per carpel.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Eurasia;Africa
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 5 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Described as “debatably phytolaccaceous” by G. K. Rogers (1985), Gisekia has been referred also to Aizoaceae, Molluginaceae, and even Portulacaceae—and, perhaps the best solution, to its own family, Gisekiaceae.</p><!--
--><p>The generic name is sometimes misspelled as “Giesekia.”</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=bogle1970b
|text=Bogle, A. L. 1970b. The genera of Molluginaceae and Aizoaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 51: 431–462.
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|id=gilbert1993a
|text=Gilbert, M. G. 1993. A review of Gisekia (Gisekiaceae). Kew Bull. 48: 343–356.
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|id=godfrey1961a
|text=Godfrey, R. K. 1961. Gisekia pharnacioides, a new weed. Rhodora 63: 226–228.
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|id=narayana1988a
|text=Narayana, P. S. and L. L. Narayana. 1988. Systematic position of Gisekia Linnaeus—a numerical assessment. Feddes Repert. 99: 189–193.
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|id=narayana1989a
|text=Narayana, L. L. and P. S. Narayana. 1989. The bearing of amino acids on the status and systematic position of Gisekia Linnaeus. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 13: 699–704.
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name=Gisekia
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Phytolaccaceae
|distribution=North America;Eurasia;Africa
|reference=bogle1970b;gilbert1993a;godfrey1961a;narayana1988a;narayana1989a
|publication title=Mant. Pl.
|publication year=1771
|special status=
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|genus=Gisekia
|achene architecture=thin-walled
|achene shape=lenticular
|carpel fusion=free
|carpel quantity=5
|dichasium architecture=umbelliform;compound
|inflorescence position=axillary
|leaf arrangement=whorled;appearing;opposite
|ovary architecture=1-loculed
|ovary quantity=5
|seed quantity=1
|sepal quantity=5
|stamen quantity=5
|stigma position or structure subtype=terminal
|stigma quantity=1
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb
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