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Baldwin |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Novon |place=9: 465. 1999 |year=1999 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Madiinae;Kyhosia |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 Madiinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Kyhosia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Donald William Kyhos, b. 1929, Californian botanist |volume=Volume 21 |mention_page=page 255, 296, 297, 300, 303 |treatment_page=page 295 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration"><b>Perennials,</b> 50–120 cm (rhizomatous; self-incompatible).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>(aerial) erect.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>basal and cauline (at flowering);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="proximal leaf arrangement">proximal opposite (basalmost in rosettes), distal alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="distal leaf arrangement;distal leaf architecture">sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade arrangement or shape or course;margin architecture or shape;face pubescence;face pubescence">blades lance-linear to linear, margins entire, faces hirsute and (distal leaves) glandular-hirtellous.</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 loose, ± corymbiform arrays.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="spine presence"><b>Peduncular </b>bracts: pit-glands, tack-glands, and/or spines 0.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>± campanulate to hemispheric, 6–12+ mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="phyllary quantity;series quantity"><b>Phyllaries </b>8–12 in 1 series (each mostly or wholly enveloping a ray ovary, lanceolate to lance-linear, herbaceous, abaxially hirsute and glandular-hirtellous).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="receptacle shape;receptacle pubescence;receptacle architecture"><b>Receptacles </b>flat to convex, glabrous, paleate (paleae falling, in 1 series between rays and discs, weakly connate or distinct).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="ray-floret quantity;ray-floret architecture;ray-floret reproduction"><b>Ray-</b>florets 8–12, pistillate, fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="corolla coloration">corollas bright-yellow.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="disc-floret quantity;disc-floret reproduction;disc-floret reproduction"><b>Disc-</b>florets 28–65, bisexual and fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="corolla coloration;corolla pubescence;tube height or length or size;lobe quantity;lobe shape">corollas bright-yellow, pubescent, tubes shorter than funnelform throats, lobes 5, deltate (anthers ± dark purple; styles glabrous proximal to branches).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="ray cypsela shape;ray cypsela shape"><b>Ray </b>cypselae (black) compressed, clavate (arcuate, basal attachments centered, apices beakless, faces glabrous or hispidulous);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="pappus presence;pappus shape">pappi 0, or coroniform.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="disc cypsela shape"><b>Disc </b>cypselae (brown to black) ± terete (straight or arcuate, faces hispidulous, otherwise similar to rays);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="scale quantity;scale shape">pappi of 5–10 (stramineous to purplish) lanceolate to subulate, ciliate to plumose scales.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="x chromosome quantity">x = 6.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=w United States |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!-- --><p>Kyhosia has been treated as congeneric with Madia, which is evidently more closely related to the Hawaiian silversword alliance (Argyroxiphium, Dubautia, and Wilkesia) than to Kyhosia (B. G. Baldwin 1996). Head architecture is similar in Kyhosia and Argyroxiphium, as noted by S. Carlquist (1959). Kyhosia is the only perennial tarweed with 2n = 12.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Kyhosia |author=Bruce G. Baldwin;John L. Strother |authority=B. G. Baldwin |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Asteraceae |illustrator=Barbara Alongi |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=w United States |reference=None |publication title=Novon |publication year=1999 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V21_723.xml |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae |subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Madiinae |genus=Kyhosia |blade arrangement or shape or course=lance-linear to linear |corolla coloration=bright-yellow;bright-yellow |corolla pubescence=pubescent |disc cypsela shape=terete |disc-floret quantity=28;65 |disc-floret reproduction=fertile;bisexual |distal leaf architecture=sessile |distal leaf arrangement=alternate |face pubescence=glandular-hirtellous;hirsute |head architecture or arrangement=radiate |head arrangement=in loose , more or less corymbiform arrays;singly |involucre diameter=6mm;12mm |involucre shape=less campanulate;hemispheric |leaf position=cauline;basal |lobe quantity=5 |lobe shape=deltate |margin architecture or shape=entire |pappus presence=absent |pappus shape=coroniform |phyllary quantity=8;12 |proximal leaf arrangement=opposite |ray cypsela shape=clavate;compressed |ray-floret architecture=pistillate |ray-floret quantity=8;12 |ray-floret reproduction=fertile |receptacle architecture=paleate |receptacle pubescence=glabrous |receptacle shape=flat;convex |scale quantity=5;10 |scale shape=lanceolate;subulate ciliate |series quantity=1 |spine presence=absent |stem orientation=erect |tube height or length or size=shorter |whole-organism duration=perennial |whole-organism some measurement=50cm;120cm |x chromosome quantity=6 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Madiinae]] 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 Kyhosia.