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|accepted_name=Hesperis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 663. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 297. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Hesperideae;Hesperis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Hesperideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hesperis]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek hesperos, evening, alluding to time when flowers of some species are most fragrant
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 226, 235, 242
|treatment_page=page 562
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>with caudex;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="">not scapose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="whole_organism architecture;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form;trichome architecture;trichome shape;trichome arrangement;gland architecture;stalk architecture or arrangement">pubescent or glabrous, trichomes simple and/or forked, often mixed with unicellular glands on uniseriate stalks.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>erect, unbranched or branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>basal and cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position;leaf architecture">petiolate [sessile];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="basal leaf arrangement;blade margin architecture or shape;blade margin shape;blade margin shape;blade margin shape;blade margin shape">basal rosulate [not rosulate], blade margins entire, dentate, or pinnatifid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="">cauline similar to basal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties=""><b>Racemes </b>(corymbose), considerably elongated in fruit.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="raceme length;raceme arrangement;raceme orientation;raceme size;raceme size"><b>Fruiting </b>pedicels divaricate or ascending [reflexed], slender or stout.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="sepal shape;sepal position;sepal architecture or shape"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals oblong [linear], (sometimes connivent), lateral pair strongly saccate basally, (pubescent or glabrous);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal shape;claw variability">petals obovate [oblong], (much longer than sepals), claw distinctly differentiated from blade, (apex rounded [obtuse]);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stamen architecture">stamens strongly tetradynamous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower size;flower shape">filaments (erect), slender or dilated basally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="anther arrangement or course or shape">anthers linear [oblong], (apex obtuse);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="nectar gland atypical quantity;nectar gland position;nectar gland shape;nectar gland shape">nectar glands (2), lateral, annular or lunar.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruit dehiscence;fruit architecture;fruit arrangement or course or shape;fruit shape"><b>Fruits </b>tardily dehiscent, sessile, linear, torulose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="valve pubescence;midvein prominence">valves each with prominent midvein, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="replum shape">replum rounded;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="septum architecture">septum complete;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="ovule quantity">ovules 4–40 per ovary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="style prominence;style fusion">style obsolete or distinct (relatively short);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="stigma shape">stigma conical (lobes prominent, connivent or distinct, decurrent).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s23" data-properties="seed size;seed architecture;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>plump, not winged, oblong;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s24" data-properties="seed-coat coating">seed-coat (reticulate), not mucilaginous when wetted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s25" data-properties="cotyledon arrangement or orientation">cotyledons incumbent.</span><!--

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|distribution=se Europe;c;sw Asia;n Africa; also in South America (Argentina); also in South America (Chile)
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 25 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=dvoak1966a
|text=Dvoák, F. 1966. A contribution to the study of the evolution of Hesperis series Matronales Cvl. emend. Dvoák. Feddes Repert. 73: 94–99.
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|id=dvoak1973a
|text=Dvoák, F. 1973. Infrageneric classification of Hesperis. Feddes Repert. 84: 259–272.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Hesperis
|author=Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Brassicaceae
|distribution=se Europe;c;sw Asia;n Africa; also in South America (Argentina); also in South America (Chile)
|introduced=true
|reference=dvoak1966a;dvoak1973a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Hesperideae
|genus=Hesperis
|anther arrangement or course or shape=linear
|basal leaf arrangement=rosulate
|blade margin architecture or shape=entire
|blade margin shape=pinnatifid;dentate;pinnatifid;dentate
|claw variability=differentiated
|cotyledon arrangement or orientation=incumbent
|flower shape=dilated
|flower size=slender
|fruit architecture=sessile
|fruit arrangement or course or shape=linear
|fruit dehiscence=dehiscent
|fruit shape=torulose
|gland architecture=unicellular
|leaf architecture=petiolate
|leaf position=cauline;basal
|midvein prominence=prominent
|nectar gland atypical quantity=2
|nectar gland position=lateral
|nectar gland shape=lunar;annular
|ovule quantity=4;40
|petal shape=obovate
|raceme arrangement=divaricate
|raceme length=elongated
|raceme orientation=ascending
|raceme size=stout;slender
|replum shape=rounded
|seed architecture=not winged
|seed shape=oblong
|seed size=plump
|seed-coat coating=mucilaginous
|sepal architecture or shape=saccate
|sepal position=lateral
|sepal shape=oblong
|septum architecture=complete
|stalk architecture or arrangement=uniseriate
|stamen architecture=tetradynamous
|stem architecture=branched;unbranched
|stem orientation=erect
|stigma shape=conical
|style fusion=distinct
|style prominence=obsolete
|trichome architecture=simple
|trichome arrangement=mixed
|trichome shape=forked
|valve pubescence=glabrous
|whole_organism architecture=not scapose
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism pubescence=glabrous;pubescent
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