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|accepted_name=Medeola
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 339. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 158. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Indian cucumber-root;concombre sauvage;jarnotte
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Medeola
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Medeola]]</div></div>
|etymology=for Medea, mythical sorceress
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 15, 51, 56, 152
|treatment_page=page 150
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;rhizome shape;rhizome coloration;rhizome shape;rhizome orientation"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, from tapered, white, tuberlike, horizontal rhizomes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture;stem size"><b>Stems </b>simple, slender.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="whorl quantity"><b>Leaves </b>in 2 whorls;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="proximal blade shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape">proximal blades oblong-oblanceolate, base attenuate, margins entire, apex acuminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="distal blade shape;distal blade shape;apex shape">distal blades ovate, rounded at base, apex acuminate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, umbellate, (2–) 3–9-flowered, sessile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="tepal duration;tepal quantity;tepal orientation;tepal fusion"><b>Flowers:</b> tepals caducous, 6, similar, recurved, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 6;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="anther fixation;anther shape;anther dehiscence or orientation">anthers versatile, oblong, extrorse;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="ovary position;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary superior, 3-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="style quantity;style orientation;style fusion;style coloration or density">styles 3, recurved, distinct to base, often purple;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="pedicel orientation;pedicel orientation;pedicel orientation">pedicel declined or spreading in flower, erect in fruit.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit coloration;fruit shape"><b>Fruits </b>baccate, dark purple to black, globose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>few, shiny brown, subglobose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed quantity;seed reflectance;seed coloration;seed shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 7.</span><!--

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|distribution=e North America
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!--
--><p>Medeola was removed from its long association with Trillium and Paris (tribe Parideae) when A. L. Takhtajan (1987, 1997) created the monotypic Medeolaceae, placing it next to a strictly defined Liliaceae. M. N. Tamura (1998c) included Medeola and Clintonia in the tribe Medeoloideae within a narrowly defined Liliaceae. The association of Medeola and Clintonia is supported by molecular analysis (K. Hayashi et al. 1998, 2001; T. B. Patterson and T. J. Givnish 1998) as well as morphology (R. Y. Berg 1962; M. Takahashi 1984; F. H. Utech 1978e), embryology (R. Y. Berg 1962b), and cytology (R. M. Stewart and R. Bamford 1942; M. N. Tamura 1995).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Medeola
|author=Frederick H. Utech
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|distribution=e North America
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Medeola
|anther dehiscence or orientation=extrorse
|anther fixation=versatile
|anther shape=oblong
|apex shape=acuminate;acuminate
|base shape=attenuate
|distal blade shape=rounded;ovate
|fruit architecture=baccate
|fruit coloration=dark purple;black
|fruit shape=globose
|inflorescence architecture=sessile;(2-)3-9-flowered;umbellate
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=3-locular
|ovary position=superior
|pedicel orientation=erect;spreading;declined
|proximal blade shape=oblong-oblanceolate
|rhizome coloration=white
|rhizome orientation=horizontal
|rhizome shape=tuberlike;tapered
|seed coloration=brown
|seed quantity=few
|seed reflectance=shiny
|seed shape=subglobose
|stamen quantity=6
|stem architecture=simple
|stem size=slender
|style coloration or density=purple
|style fusion=distinct
|style orientation=recurved
|style quantity=3
|tepal duration=caducous
|tepal fusion=distinct
|tepal orientation=recurved
|tepal quantity=6
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whorl quantity=2
|x chromosome quantity=7
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