View source for Lilaea ← Lilaea 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=Lilaea |accepted_authority=Bonpland in A. von Humboldt and A. J. Bonpland |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in A. von Humboldt and A. J. Bonpland,Plantae Aequinoctiales |place=1: 221. 1808 |year=1808 }} |common_names=Flowering-quillwort |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Juncaginaceae;Lilaea |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Juncaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lilaea]]</div></div> |etymology=for French botanist Alire Raffeneau-Delile, 1778–1850 |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties=""><b>Roots </b>without terminal tubers.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="rhizome size;rhizome height or length or size"><b>Rhizomes </b>slender, short.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf orientation;leaf shape"><b>Leaves </b>erect, terete, with aerenchyma tissue;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="ligule fusion">sheath with ligule free.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>both scapose and sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="raceme shape;flower shape;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form">spikelike racemes or solitary flowers;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="scape height or length or size">scapes shorter than leaves, terminated by spikes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="spikes raceme reproduction;spikes raceme architecture;flower architecture">spikes racemes with pistillate flowers near base, bisexual medially, staminate proximally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence quantity;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower architecture;flower quantity;flower architecture">sessile inflorescences 2 or more, with solitary flowers pistillate flower only, 2 or more, sessile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower reproduction;flower quantity;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual and unisexual, to 5 types, sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="tepal quantity;tepal coloration;tepal arrangement or course or shape">tepals 0–1, green, linear;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 0–1;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="anther architecture">anthers sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="pistil quantity">pistils 1;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="ovule quantity">ovules 1.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="whole-organism reproduction;flower architecture;tepal presence"><b>Bisexual </b>and staminate flowers: tepal present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="flower architecture;tepal presence;style some measurement;tepal presence;style some measurement"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: tepal present, style 0.5–2 mm or tepal absent, style 0.2–30 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="fruits nutlet arrangement or shape;fruits nutlet architecture or shape"><b>Fruits </b>nutlets, angular, beaked.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Central America;South America |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Lilaea |authority=Bonpland in A. von Humboldt and A. 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Bonpland,Plantae Aequinoctiales |publication year=1808 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/62857cf6bca5c4637d27b113da92d27dbf9962f4/V22/V22_569.xml |genus=Lilaea |anther architecture=sessile |flower architecture=pistillate;staminate;sessile;sessile;pistillate;pistillate |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary;solitary |flower quantity=0;5 |flower reproduction=unisexual;bisexual |flower shape=spikelike |fruits nutlet architecture or shape=beaked |fruits nutlet arrangement or shape=angular |inflorescence architecture=sessile;sessile;scapose |inflorescence quantity=2 |leaf orientation=erect |leaf shape=terete |ligule fusion=free |ovule quantity=1 |pistil quantity=1 |raceme shape=spikelike |rhizome height or length or size=short |rhizome size=slender |scape height or length or size=shorter |spikes raceme architecture=staminate |spikes raceme reproduction=bisexual |stamen quantity=0;1 |style some measurement=0.2cm;30cm |tepal arrangement or course or shape=linear |tepal coloration=green |tepal presence=absent;absent;absent |tepal quantity=0;1 |whole-organism reproduction=bisexual |whole_organism duration=annual |whole_organism growth form=herb }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Juncaginaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Juncaginaceae (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 Lilaea.