View source for Jefea ← Jefea 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=Jefea |accepted_authority=Strother |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Syst. Bot. Monogr. |place=33: 22, fig. 2. 1991 |year=1991 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae;Jefea |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Jefea]]</div></div> |etymology=Spanish jefe, chief; for Billie Lee Turner, b. 1925, Texan, botanist |volume=Volume 21 |mention_page=page 65, 67 |treatment_page=page 127 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism atypical some measurement;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism atypical some measurement;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form"><b>Subshrubs </b>or shrubs, 10–100 [–200+] cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>erect, branched ± throughout.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="">opposite (proximal) or alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture">petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;base shape;margin shape;margin shape;face relief;face pubescence">blades (usually 3-nerved) deltate, lanceolate, oblanceolate, or suborbiculate, bases cuneate to truncate, margins entire or lobed [toothed], faces scabrellous to hispid and glanddotted [densely woolly abaxially].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="head architecture or arrangement;head arrangement"><b>Heads </b>radiate, borne singly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>campanulate to hemispheric, 6–10+ mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="phyllary duration;phyllary atypical quantity;phyllary quantity;series quantity"><b>Phyllaries </b>persistent, [22–] 26–38+ in 3–4+ series (outer 2–6+ spreading, similar to foliage in shape, texture, and indument, inner appressed, more papery to scarious or membranous).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="receptacle shape;receptacle architecture"><b>Receptacles </b>convex to conic, paleate (paleae persistent, lance-linear, conduplicate).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="ray-floret atypical quantity;ray-floret quantity;ray-floret architecture;ray-floret reproduction"><b>Ray-</b>florets 5–13 [–20], pistillate, fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="corolla coloration">corollas yellow to orange.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="disc-floret atypical quantity;disc-floret quantity;disc-floret reproduction;disc-floret reproduction"><b>Disc-</b>florets 30–60 [–100+], bisexual, fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="corolla coloration;tube height or length or size;throat variability;lobe quantity;lobe shape">corollas yellow to orange, tubes shorter than or about equaling funnelform throats, lobes 5, deltate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="cypsela shape;cypsela shape;cypsela shape;cypsela shape;cypsela architecture"><b>Cypselae </b>weakly obcompressed, 3-angled (peripheral) or strongly compressed (inner) and oblanceolate to rounded-cuneate, some or all winged;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="scale quantity;scale shape;awn quantity;scale shape">pappi fragile or persistent, of 2–3 subulate scales or awns plus 2–8+ shorter, distinct or basally connate, erose or lacerate scales (often with an additional seta on inner shoulder of each cypsela).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="pappus fragility;pappus duration;pappus height or length or size;pappus fusion;pappus fusion;pappus architecture or relief;x chromosome quantity">x = 14.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=sw United States;Mexico;Central America (Guatemala) |discussion=<p>Species 5 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Jefea |author=John L. Strother |authority=Strother |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Asteraceae |distribution=sw United States;Mexico;Central America (Guatemala) |reference=None |publication title=Syst. Bot. Monogr. |publication year=1991 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V21_312.xml |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae |subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae |genus=Jefea |awn quantity=2;8 |base shape=cuneate to truncate |blade shape=suborbiculate;oblanceolate;suborbiculate;oblanceolate;lanceolate;deltate |corolla coloration=yellow;orange |cypsela architecture=winged |cypsela shape=oblanceolate;rounded-cuneate |disc-floret atypical quantity=60;100 |disc-floret quantity=30;60 |disc-floret reproduction=fertile;bisexual |face pubescence=hispid |face relief=scabrellous |head architecture or arrangement=radiate |head arrangement=singly |involucre diameter=6mm;10mm |involucre shape=campanulate;hemispheric |leaf architecture=petiolate |leaf arrangement=alternate;opposite |leaf position=cauline |lobe quantity=5 |lobe shape=deltate |margin shape=lobed;entire |pappus architecture or relief=erose |pappus duration=persistent |pappus fragility=fragile |pappus fusion=connate;distinct |pappus height or length or size=shorter |phyllary atypical quantity=22;26 |phyllary duration=persistent |phyllary quantity=26;38 |ray-floret architecture=pistillate |ray-floret atypical quantity=13;20 |ray-floret quantity=5;13 |ray-floret reproduction=fertile |receptacle architecture=paleate |receptacle shape=convex;conic |scale quantity=2;3 |scale shape=lacerate;subulate |series quantity=3;4 |stem architecture=branched |stem orientation=erect |throat variability=equaling |tube height or length or size=shorter |whole_organism atypical some measurement=100cm;200cm |whole_organism growth form=shrub;subshrub |whole_organism some measurement=10cm;100cm |x chromosome quantity=14 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Asteraceae (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 Jefea.