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|accepted_name=Ismelia
|accepted_authority=Cassini in F. Cuvier
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed.
|place=2, 41: 40. 1826
|year=1826
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae;Ismelia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ismelia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Etymology unknown
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 30, 488
|treatment_page=page 552
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism atypical some measurement;whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration"><b>Annuals,</b> 10–30 (–50+) cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem quantity;stem orientation;stem architecture;stem pubescence;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>1, erect, usually branched distally, glabrous or sparsely hairy (hairs basifixed).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>mostly cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="">alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture;leaf architecture">petiolate or sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;ultimate margin architecture or shape;ultimate margin architecture or shape;face pubescence">blades obovate to oblong (bases sometimes clasping), usually 2-pinnately lobed, ultimate margins usually dentate, rarely entire, faces glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="head architecture or arrangement;head arrangement;head arrangement"><b>Heads </b>radiate, borne singly or in 2s or 3s.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre width;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>hemispheric or broader, 12–25+ mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="phyllary duration;phyllary quantity;phyllary fusion;phyllary shape;phyllary size;series quantity;margin texture;apex texture"><b>Phyllaries </b>persistent, 20–30+ in 2–3 series, distinct, ovate or obovate to lance-deltate or lanceolate (± carinate), unequal, margins and apices scarious (tips of inner often ± dilated).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="receptacle shape;receptacle architecture"><b>Receptacles </b>convex to conic, epaleate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="ray-floret quantity;ray-floret architecture;ray-floret reproduction"><b>Ray-</b>florets 13–21+, pistillate, fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="corolla coloration;corolla coloration;lamina arrangement or course or shape">corollas proximally white or red to purple, distally yellow or white, laminae ± linear.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="disc-floret quantity;disc-floret reproduction;disc-floret reproduction"><b>Disc-</b>florets 80–150+, bisexual, fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="corolla coloration;corolla coloration;tube shape;lobe quantity;lobe shape">corollas proximally ochroleucous, distally red to purple, tubes cylindric (stipitate-glandular or gland-dotted), throats funnelform, lobes 5, deltate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="cypsela growth form;outer cypsela shape"><b>Cypselae </b>dimorphic: outer 3-angled (each angle ± winged, wings not spine-tipped);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="cypsela growth form;inner cypsela shape;adaxial angle architecture">inner compressed, adaxial angles ± winged (wings not spine-tipped);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="cypsela growth form;rib presence;face pubescence">ribs 0, faces glabrous (pericarps without myxogenic cells or resin sacs);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="cypsela growth form">pappi 0.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="pappus presence;x chromosome quantity">x = 9.</span><!--

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|distribution=n Africa;widely adventive elsewhere
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
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name=Ismelia
|author=John L. Strother
|authority=Cassini in F. Cuvier
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=n Africa;widely adventive elsewhere
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed.
|publication year=1826
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Anthemideae
|genus=Ismelia
|adaxial angle architecture=winged
|apex texture=scarious
|blade shape=lobed;obovate;oblong
|corolla coloration=distally red;purple
|cypsela growth form=dimorphic;dimorphic;dimorphic;dimorphic
|disc-floret quantity=80;150
|disc-floret reproduction=fertile;bisexual
|face pubescence=glabrous;glabrous
|head architecture or arrangement=radiate
|head arrangement=in 2s;singly
|inner cypsela shape=compressed
|involucre diameter=12mm;25mm
|involucre shape=hemispheric
|involucre width=broader
|lamina arrangement or course or shape=linear
|leaf architecture=sessile;petiolate
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|leaf position=cauline
|lobe quantity=5
|lobe shape=deltate
|margin texture=scarious
|outer cypsela shape=3-angled
|pappus presence=absent
|phyllary duration=persistent
|phyllary fusion=distinct
|phyllary quantity=20;30
|phyllary shape=obovate;lance-deltate or lanceolate
|phyllary size=unequal
|ray-floret architecture=pistillate
|ray-floret quantity=13;21
|ray-floret reproduction=fertile
|receptacle architecture=epaleate
|receptacle shape=convex;conic
|rib presence=absent
|series quantity=2;3
|stem architecture=branched
|stem orientation=erect
|stem pubescence=hairy;glabrous
|stem quantity=1
|tube shape=cylindric
|ultimate margin architecture or shape=entire;dentate
|whole-organism atypical some measurement=30cm;50cm
|whole-organism duration=annual
|whole-organism some measurement=10cm;30cm
|x chromosome quantity=9
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