View source for Grayia ← Grayia 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=Grayia |accepted_authority=Hooker & Arnott |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Bot. Beechey Voy., |place=387. 1841 |year=1841 }} |common_names=Hopsage |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Grayia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Grayia]]</div></div> |etymology=for Asa Gray, 1810–1888, botany professor at Harvard, for many years the pre-eminent American botanist |volume=Volume 4 |mention_page=page 260, 304 |treatment_page=page 306 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs,</b> dioecious or monoecious, spinescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="herbage pubescence;herbage pubescence;hair architecture">herbage scurfy-puberulent when young, mostly with branched hairs, becoming glabrate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem texture;stem architecture;stem shape;stem growth form"><b>Stems </b>erect, much branched, woody throughout, not jointed, forming a rounded bush;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="branch life cycle;branch architecture or shape;branch texture">younger branches ribbed, rigid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="lateral branch architecture">lateral branches becoming spinescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf texture;leaf texture"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, succulent or coriaceous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade shape;midvein prominence;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape">blade with midveins prominent, spatulate to oblanceolate, sometimes narrowly so, base gradually tapering to petiole, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence shape;inflorescence arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, spikelike clusters.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties=""><b>Flowers </b>unisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture;perianth shape;perianth variability;perianth length or size">staminate in 2–5-flowered clusters in bract-axils, perianth 4 (–5) -parted, equaling or slightly longer than stamens, stamens 4–5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen architecture;bract quantity;bract fusion;perianth presence">pistillate in 1–few-flowered clusters per glomerule, each closely invested by 2 wholly united bracts, perianth absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stigma shape">stigma 2-lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="fruiting shape;fruiting architecture;structure shape;structure architecture;margin size or width;margin texture"><b>Fruiting </b>structure: bracts forming flattened, samaralike fruiting structure around utricle, margins thickened, spongy within;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="pericarp fusion">pericarp free.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed orientation;seed shape;seed-coat coloration;seed-coat relief"><b>Seeds </b>vertical, compressed-lenticular, seed-coat brown, tuberculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="embryo shape">embryo annular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="">perisperm copious.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="perisperm quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 18.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=w United States |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Grayia |author=Noel H. Holmgren |authority=Hooker & Arnott |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Chenopodiaceae |distribution=w United States |reference=None |publication title=Bot. Beechey Voy., |publication year=1841 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V4/V4_588.xml |genus=Grayia |apex shape=rounded;obtuse |base shape=tapering |blade shape=spatulate;oblanceolate |bract fusion=united |bract quantity=2 |branch architecture or shape=ribbed |branch life cycle=younger |branch texture=rigid |embryo shape=annular |flower architecture=staminate |flower reproduction=unisexual |fruiting architecture=samaralike |fruiting shape=flattened |hair architecture=branched |herbage pubescence=glabrate;scurfy-puberulent |inflorescence arrangement=cluster |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |inflorescence shape=spikelike |lateral branch architecture=spinescent |leaf arrangement=alternate |leaf texture=coriaceous;succulent |margin architecture or shape=entire |margin size or width=thickened |margin texture=spongy |midvein prominence=prominent |perianth length or size=slightly longer |perianth presence=absent |perianth shape=4(-5)-parted |perianth variability=equaling |pericarp fusion=free |perisperm quantity=copious |seed orientation=vertical |seed shape=compressed-lenticular |seed-coat coloration=brown |seed-coat relief=tuberculate |stamen architecture=pistillate |stamen quantity=4;5 |stem architecture=not jointed;branched |stem growth form=bush |stem orientation=erect |stem shape=rounded |stem texture=woody |stigma shape=2-lobed |structure architecture=samaralike |structure shape=flattened |whole_organism architecture=spinescent |whole_organism growth form=shrub |whole_organism reproduction=monoecious;dioecious |x chromosome quantity=18 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Chenopodiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Chenopodiaceae (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 Grayia.