View source for Oxystylis ← Oxystylis 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=Oxystylis |accepted_authority=Torrey & Frémont in J. C. Frémont |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts., |place=312. 1845 |year=1845 }} |common_names=Spiny-caper |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Cleomaceae;Oxystylis |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cleomaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Oxystylis]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek oxys, sharp, and stylos, pillar, alluding to style |volume=Volume 7 |mention_page=page 199, 200, 205 |treatment_page=page 215 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual (unpleasantly scented).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>unbranched, or sparsely branched laterally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem pubescence;stem pubescence">glabrous or glabrate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stipule shape;stipule size"><b>Leaves:</b> stipules 3–8-palmatifid, minute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="">petiole without pulvinus (slightly longer than leaflets);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="leaflet quantity">leaflets 3.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary (from distal leaves), racemes (flat-topped);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="bract presence">bracts present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>actinomorphic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal duration;sepal fusion;sepal variability">sepals persistent, distinct, equal (each often subtending a nectary);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal variability">petals equal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 6;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="filament pubescence;gynophore shape">filaments inserted on a spheroidal gynophore, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="anther shape">anthers (ellipsoid), coiling as pollen released;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="gynophore orientation">gynophore sharply deflexed in fruit (stout, style spinelike in fruit).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="fruits schizocarp dehiscence;fruits schizocarp shape"><b>Fruits </b>schizocarps (didymous, deflexed), indehiscent, obovoid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>2, reniform, not arillate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape;seed architecture;x chromosome quantity">x = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=sw United States |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Oxystylis |author=Staria S. Vanderpool |authority=Torrey & Frémont in J. C. Frémont |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Cleomaceae |distribution=sw United States |reference=None |publication title=in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts., |publication year=1845 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V7/V7_297.xml |genus=Oxystylis |anther shape=coiling |bract presence=absent |filament pubescence=glabrous |flower architecture=actinomorphic |fruits schizocarp dehiscence=indehiscent |fruits schizocarp shape=obovoid |gynophore orientation=deflexed |gynophore shape=spheroidal |inflorescence position=axillary |leaflet quantity=3 |petal variability=equal |seed architecture=not arillate |seed quantity=2 |seed shape=reniform |sepal duration=persistent |sepal fusion=distinct |sepal variability=equal |stamen quantity=6 |stem architecture=branched;unbranched;branched;unbranched |stem pubescence=glabrate;glabrous |stipule shape=3-8-palmatifid |stipule size=minute |whole_organism duration=annual |whole_organism growth form=herb |x chromosome quantity=10 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Cleomaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Cleomaceae (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 Oxystylis.