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|accepted_name=Lachnanthes
|accepted_authority=Elliott
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sketch Bot. S. Carolina
|place=1: 47. 1816
|year=1816
}}
|common_names=Red root
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Haemodoraceae;Lachnanthes
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Haemodoraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lachnanthes]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek lachne, wool, and anthos, flower, in reference to pubescent flowers
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 47
|treatment_page=page 48
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="rhizome coloration;root texture"><b>Rhizomes </b>reddish, roots fibrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>erect;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="sap coloration">sap red.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf size;leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>mostly basal, some cauline, reduced;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape">blade linear-ensiform.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bract prominence;bract position"><b>Inflorescences:</b> bracts conspicuous, subtending each flower.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="tepal pubescence"><b>Flowers:</b> tepals glabrous adaxially;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen length or size">stamens 3, longer than tepals;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="ovary position;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary inferior, 3-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="ovule quantity;ovule arrangement;placenta architecture;placenta architecture;placenta arrangement">ovules ca. 6 per locule, arranged around margin of peltate, stipitate, axile placenta.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="capsule shape"><b>Capsules </b>3-lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="seed architecture or shape;seed architecture;seed quantity"><b>Seeds </b>discoid, peltate, few per locule.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;West Indies
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
|tables=
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name=Lachnanthes
|authority=Elliott
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Haemodoraceae
|distribution=North America;West Indies
|reference=None
|publication title=Sketch Bot. S. Carolina
|publication year=1816
|special status=
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|genus=Lachnanthes
|blade shape=linear-ensiform
|bract position=subtending
|bract prominence=conspicuous
|capsule shape=3-lobed
|leaf position=basal
|leaf size=reduced
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=3-locular
|ovary position=inferior
|ovule arrangement=arranged
|ovule quantity=6
|placenta architecture=stipitate;peltate
|placenta arrangement=axile
|rhizome coloration=reddish
|root texture=fibrous
|sap coloration=red
|seed architecture=peltate
|seed architecture or shape=discoid
|seed quantity=few
|stamen length or size=longer
|stamen quantity=3
|stem orientation=erect
|tepal pubescence=glabrous
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