View source for Iresine ← Iresine 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=Iresine |accepted_authority=P. Browne |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jam aica, |place=358. 1756 |year=1756 }} |common_names=Bloodleaf |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Amaranthaceae;Iresine |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Amaranthaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Iresine]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek eiresione, a wreath or staff entwined with strips of wool, alluding to the long woolly hairs often encircling the calyx |volume=Volume 4 |mention_page=page 405, 406 |treatment_page=page 454 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> shrubs or vines, annual or perennial, polygamous or dioecious.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>erect to prostrate, often trailing.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>opposite or alternate, petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;margin architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape;margin pubescence;margin pubescence">blade elliptic, ovate, or lanceolate to lance-oblong, margins entire or serrulate, glabrous or pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence density;panicle architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, diffuse, open panicles of spikes and axillary spikes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bract texture;bracteole texture">bracts and bracteoles membranous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>unisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="tepal quantity;tepal fusion;tepal fusion;tepal architecture">tepals 5, basally connate or distinct, 1–3-veined;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens mostly 5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="filament fusion">filaments connate basally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="anther architecture or structure in adjective form">anthers 2-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="pseudostaminode presence;pseudostaminode height or length or size">pseudostaminodes absent or short;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="ovule quantity">ovule 1;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="style some measurement;style some measurement">style 1, ca. 0.2 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stigma quantity;stigma size;stigma architecture or shape">stigmas 2–3, slender or capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="utricle shape;utricle texture;utricle dehiscence"><b>Utricles </b>globose, membranous, dehiscing irregularly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>1, dark red or reddish-brown, lenticular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed coloration;seed shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 15.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Mostly littoral in tropical and subtropical America (including Galápagos Islands);Asia (s Japan);and w Africa |discussion=<p>Species ca. 70 (5 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=henrickson1986a |text=Henrickson, J. and S. D. Sundberg. 1986. On the submersion of Dicraurus into Iresine (Amaranthaceae). Aliso 11: 355–364. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaves alternate |[[Iresine leptoclada|Iresine leptoclada]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaves opposite |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Stems woody nearly throughout; tepals of pistillate flowers ± equaling bractlets |[[Iresine palmeri|Iresine palmeri]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Stems herbaceous; tepals of pistillate flowers longer than bractlets |[[#key-0-3| > 3]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Plants annual or weakly perennial, 4-30 dm; tepals 0.6-0.8 mm, apex obtuse or rounded |[[Iresine diffusa|Iresine diffusa]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Plants perennial, 3-10 dm; tepals 1-1.3 mm, apex acute to acuminate |[[#key-0-4| > 4]] |-id=key-0-4 |4 |Leaf blades 6-15 cm; tepals of pistillate flowers shorter than utricle |[[Iresine rhizomatosa|Iresine rhizomatosa]] |-id=key-0-4 |4 |Leaf blades 3-6 cm; tepals of pistillate flowers longer than utricle |[[Iresine heterophylla|Iresine heterophylla]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Iresine |author=Steven E. Clemants |authority=P. Browne |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Amaranthaceae |distribution=Mostly littoral in tropical and subtropical America (including Galápagos Islands);Asia (s Japan);and w Africa |reference=henrickson1986a |publication title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jam aica, |publication year=1756 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V4/V4_898.xml |genus=Iresine |anther architecture or structure in adjective form=2-locular |blade shape=lanceolate;lance-oblong |bract texture=membranous |bracteole texture=membranous |filament fusion=connate |flower reproduction=unisexual |inflorescence density=diffuse |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |leaf architecture=petiolate |leaf arrangement=alternate;opposite |margin architecture or shape=serrulate;entire |margin pubescence=pubescent;glabrous |ovule quantity=1 |panicle architecture=open |pseudostaminode height or length or size=short |pseudostaminode presence=absent |seed coloration=reddish-brown;dark red |seed quantity=1 |seed shape=lenticular |stamen quantity=5 |stem orientation=trailing;erect;prostrate |stigma architecture or shape=capitate |stigma quantity=2;3 |stigma size=slender |style some measurement=0.2;1 |tepal architecture=1-3-veined |tepal fusion=distinct;connate |tepal quantity=5 |utricle dehiscence=dehiscing |utricle shape=globose |utricle texture=membranous |whole_organism duration=perennial;annual;perennial;annual |whole_organism growth form=vine;shrub;herb |whole_organism reproduction=dioecious;polygamous;dioecious;polygamous |x chromosome quantity=15 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Amaranthaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Amaranthaceae (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) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Iresine.