View source for Heimia ← Heimia 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=Heimia |accepted_authority=Link |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. |place=2: 3. 1822 |year=1822 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Lythraceae;Heimia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lythraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Heimia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Ernst Ludwig Heim, 1747–1834, medical doctor in Berlin renowned for establishing sanitary health practices and said to have introduced Alexander von Humboldt to botany |volume=Volume 10 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="shrub growth form or habitat;shrub some measurement;shrub pubescence;subshrub growth form or habitat;subshrub some measurement;subshrub pubescence"><b>Shrubs </b>or subshrubs, terrestrial, 5–30 dm, glabrous throughout.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>erect, sparsely branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>opposite to subopposite;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture;leaf architecture">sessile or subsessile [petiolate];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;base shape">blade lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, base narrowly attenuate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence development;inflorescence position;raceme architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>indeterminate, axillary, leafy racemes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>sessile or subsessile, actinomorphic, monostylous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="floral-tube position;floral-tube shape;floral-tube shape;floral-tube shape">floral-tube perigynous, campanulate to turbinate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="epicalyx segment variability;epicalyx segment length or size">epicalyx segments equal to or longer than sepals;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal quantity">sepals (5 or) 6, 1/3–1/2 floral-tube length;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal duration;petal quantity;petal coloration">petals caducous, (5 or) 6, bright-yellow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="nectary presence">nectary absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity">stamens (10 or) 12 (–24);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary (3 or) 4 (–6) -locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="placenta shape">placenta globose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="style size">style slender;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigma capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="wall width;wall condition or texture;wall dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, walls thin and dry, dehiscence loculicidal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>200+, subpyramidal and elongate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="cotyledon shape">cotyledons ± complanate.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Texas;Mexico;South America;in West Indies;Central America |discussion=<p>Species 1–3 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Heimia |author=Shirley A. Graham |authority=Link |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Lythraceae |distribution=Texas;Mexico;South America;in West Indies;Central America |reference=None |publication title=Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. |publication year=1822 |special status= |source xml= |genus=Heimia |base shape=attenuate |blade shape=lanceolate;linear-lanceolate |cotyledon shape=complanate |epicalyx segment length or size=longer |epicalyx segment variability=equal |floral-tube position=perigynous |floral-tube shape=campanulate;turbinate |flower architecture=actinomorphic;subsessile;sessile |inflorescence development=indeterminate |inflorescence position=axillary |leaf architecture=subsessile;sessile |leaf arrangement=opposite;subopposite |nectary presence=absent |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=4(-6)-locular |petal coloration=bright-yellow |petal duration=caducous |petal quantity=6 |placenta shape=globose |raceme architecture=leafy |seed shape=elongate;subpyramidal |sepal quantity=1/3;1/2 |shrub growth form or habitat=terrestrial |shrub pubescence=glabrous |shrub some measurement=5dm;30dm |stamen atypical quantity=12;24 |stamen quantity=12 |stem architecture=branched |stem orientation=erect |stigma architecture or shape=capitate |style size=slender |subshrub growth form or habitat=terrestrial |subshrub pubescence=glabrous |subshrub some measurement=5dm;30dm |wall condition or texture=dry |wall dehiscence=loculicidal |wall width=thin }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Lythraceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Lythraceae (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 Heimia.