View source for Malperia ← Malperia 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=Malperia |accepted_authority=S. Watson |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts |place=24: 54. 1889 |year=1889 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae;Malperia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malperia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Edward Palmer, 1831–1911, American field botanist who collected the type material; based on anagram of his surname |volume=Volume 21 |mention_page=page 460 |treatment_page=page 509 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration"><b>Annuals,</b> 10–40 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>erect, much branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>basal and cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="">mostly alternate (proximal opposite);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture">mostly sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade architecture;blade arrangement or course or shape;margin architecture or shape;face pubescence;face pubescence">blades 1-nerved, linear, margins entire, faces glabrous or puberulent, sometimes glanddotted.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="head architecture or shape;head arrangement;array architecture or fragility;array architecture"><b>Heads </b>discoid, in loose, corymbiform arrays or borne singly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>± campanulate to obconic, 5–6 mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="phyllary duration;phyllary quantity;phyllary architecture;phyllary shape;phyllary size;series quantity"><b>Phyllaries </b>persistent, 20–30+ in 3–4+ series, not strongly nerved, lanceolate, unequal (± chartaceous, margins scarious).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="receptacle prominence or shape;receptacle architecture"><b>Receptacles </b>flat, epaleate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="floret quantity"><b>Florets </b>20–30;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="corolla coloration;throat shape;throat shape">corollas white, throats cylindric or narrowly urceolate (lengths 5–6 times diams.);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="base size;base pubescence;branch shape">styles: bases not enlarged, glabrous, branches filiform-clavate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="cypsela shape;cypsela architecture or shape;cypsela relief"><b>Cypselae </b>fusiform, 5-ribbed, scabrellous on ribs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="pappus duration;scale quantity;scale shape;scale quantity">pappi persistent, of 3 muticous scales plus 3,aristate scales.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="scale shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=w United States;nw Mexico |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Malperia |author=Guy L. Nesom |authority=S. Watson |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Asteraceae |distribution=w United States;nw Mexico |reference=None |publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts |publication year=1889 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V21_1297.xml |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae |genus=Malperia |array architecture=corymbiform |array architecture or fragility=loose |base pubescence=glabrous |base size=not enlarged |blade architecture=1-nerved |blade arrangement or course or shape=linear |branch shape=filiform-clavate |corolla coloration=white |cypsela architecture or shape=5-ribbed |cypsela relief=scabrellous |cypsela shape=fusiform |face pubescence=puberulent;glabrous |floret quantity=20;30 |head architecture or shape=discoid |head arrangement=singly |involucre diameter=5mm;6mm |involucre shape=less campanulate;obconic |leaf architecture=sessile |leaf arrangement=alternate |leaf position=cauline;basal |margin architecture or shape=entire |pappus duration=persistent |phyllary architecture=nerved |phyllary duration=persistent |phyllary quantity=20;30 |phyllary shape=lanceolate |phyllary size=unequal |receptacle architecture=epaleate |receptacle prominence or shape=flat |scale quantity=3;3 |scale shape=aristate;muticous |series quantity=3;4 |stem architecture=branched |stem orientation=erect |throat shape=urceolate;cylindric |whole-organism duration=annual |whole-organism some measurement=10cm;40cm |x chromosome quantity=10 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae]] 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 Malperia.