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|accepted_name=Hesperocnide
|accepted_authority=Torrey
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|title=Pacif. Railr. Rep.
|place=4(5): 139. 1857
|year=1857
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Urticaceae;Hesperocnide
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Urticaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hesperocnide]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek hesperos, west, and knide, nettle
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;hair toxicity"><b>Herbs,</b> annual, with stinging and nonstinging hairs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>usually branched, erect, spreading, or reclining.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>opposite;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stipule presence">stipules present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;distal blade arrangement or shape;margin architecture or shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blades ovate to broadly ovate, distal blades sometimes broadly elliptic, margins serrate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="cystolith shape">cystoliths elongate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence shape;inflorescence shape;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, globose, nearly globose, or elongate-racemose or paniculate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>unisexual, staminate and pistillate in loose to dense clusters in same inflorescence;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract presence">bracts absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;tepal quantity;tepal fusion;tepal variability"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: tepals 4, distinct, equal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity">stamens 4;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;pistillode presence">pistillode present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;tepal quantity;tepal fusion;structure duration;structure shape;hair fragility;hair shape;achene life cycle;achene shape"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: tepals 4, connate, forming persistent saclike structure covered with delicate, hooked hairs and completely enclosing mature, flattened achene;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;staminode presence">staminodes absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;style presence;stigma arrangement or pubescence;stigma duration">style absent, stigma tufted, persistent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="tepal duration"><b>Achenes </b>subsessile, laterally compressed, ovoid, tightly enclosed in persistent tepals.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="achene architecture;achene shape;achene shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 12.</span><!--

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|distribution=1 in Calif. and Mexico;1 in Pacific Islands (Hawaii)
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Hesperocnide
|authority=Torrey
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Urticaceae
|distribution=1 in Calif. and Mexico;1 in Pacific Islands (Hawaii)
|reference=None
|publication title=Pacif. Railr. Rep.
|publication year=1857
|special status=
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|genus=Hesperocnide
|achene architecture=subsessile
|achene life cycle=mature
|achene shape=ovoid;compressed;flattened
|bract presence=absent
|cystolith shape=elongate
|distal blade arrangement or shape=elliptic
|flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;pistillate;staminate
|flower reproduction=unisexual
|hair fragility=delicate
|hair shape=hooked
|hair toxicity=stinging
|inflorescence arrangement=paniculate;elongate-racemose
|inflorescence position=axillary
|inflorescence shape=globose;globose
|leaf arrangement=opposite
|leaf-blade shape=ovate;broadly ovate
|margin architecture or shape=serrate
|pistillode presence=absent
|stamen quantity=4
|staminode presence=absent
|stem architecture=branched
|stem orientation=reclining;spreading;reclining;spreading;erect
|stigma arrangement or pubescence=tufted
|stigma duration=persistent
|stipule presence=absent
|structure duration=persistent
|structure shape=sac-like
|style presence=absent
|tepal duration=persistent
|tepal fusion=connate;distinct
|tepal quantity=4;4
|tepal variability=equal
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|x chromosome quantity=12
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