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|accepted_name=Napaea
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 686. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 307. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Napaea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Napaea]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek napaea, wood nymph, alluding to woodland habitat
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 216
|treatment_page=page 305
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>erect, unbranched below inflorescence, simple and/or stellate-hairy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stipule duration;stipule shape"><b>Leaves:</b> stipules persistent, broadly lanceolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;base shape;margin shape">blade ± reniform to orbiculate, palmately lobed, base truncate to cordate, margins coarsely toothed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal panicles, bracteate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="involucel presence">involucel absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants (plants dioecious);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="calyx size;calyx shape;lobe architecture;lobe shape">calyx not accrescent, not inflated, lobes unribbed, triangular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="corolla coloration">corolla white;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="staminal column position">staminal column ± included;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="style architecture">style 6–10-branched;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stigma shape;stigma shape;stigma shape">stigmas introrsely decurrent, linear or filiform.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit orientation;fruit shape"><b>Fruits </b>schizocarpic, erect, not inflated;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="mericarp quantity;mericarp shape;mericarp architecture;apex architecture or shape;apex dehiscence;apex dehiscence">mericarps 6–10, reniform, 1-celled, apex apiculate (sometimes minutely so), indehiscent or tardily dehiscent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>1 per mericarp, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed quantity;seed pubescence;x chromosome quantity">x = 15.</span><!--

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|distribution=nc United States
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!--
--><p>H. H. Iltis and S. Kawano (1964) suggested that Napaea may have originated as an allopolyploid.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Napaea
|author=John W. Thieret†
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|distribution=nc United States
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V6/V6_553.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Napaea
|apex architecture or shape=apiculate
|apex dehiscence=dehiscent;indehiscent
|base shape=truncate;cordate
|blade shape=lobed;less reniform;orbiculate
|calyx shape=not inflated
|calyx size=not accrescent
|corolla coloration=white
|flower architecture=pistillate;staminate
|flower reproduction=unisexual
|fruit architecture=schizocarpic
|fruit orientation=erect
|fruit shape=not inflated
|inflorescence architecture=bracteate
|involucel presence=absent
|lobe architecture=unribbed
|lobe shape=triangular
|margin shape=toothed
|mericarp architecture=1-celled
|mericarp quantity=6;10
|mericarp shape=reniform
|seed pubescence=glabrous
|seed quantity=1
|staminal column position=included
|stem architecture=simple;unbranched
|stem orientation=erect
|stem pubescence=stellate-hairy
|stigma shape=filiform;linear;decurrent
|stipule duration=persistent
|stipule shape=lanceolate
|style architecture=6-10-branched
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|x chromosome quantity=15
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