View source for Psacalium ← Psacalium 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=Psacalium |accepted_authority=Cassini in F. Cuvier |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. |place=2, 43: 461. 1826 |year=1826 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae;Psacalium |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Psacalium]]</div></div> |etymology=Provenance of name not stated by author |volume=Volume 20 |mention_page=page 543 |treatment_page=page 621 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism atypical some measurement;whole-organism atypical some measurement;whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration"><b>Perennials,</b> [10–] 80–150 [–300] cm (rhizomes usually fleshy; plants hairy or tufted-hairy to unevenly glabrate).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem quantity;stem arrangement or growth form;stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>single or clustered, erect.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>basal and cauline (proximal largest, cauline progressively smaller distally, bractlike);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="">alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture">petiolate (petioles well defined, attached to blades at bases [attached near centers, leaves peltate]);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade architecture;blade shape;ultimate margin shape;ultimate margin shape;face pubescence;face pubescence">blades palmately or pinnately nerved (and, usually, lobed), mostly ovate to elliptic [orbiculate, polygonal], ultimate margins entire or toothed, faces glabrous or sparsely [densely] hairy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="head architecture or shape;array architecture"><b>Heads </b>discoid, in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="bractlet atypical quantity;bractlet quantity"><b>Calyculi </b>of 1–3 [–5] bractlets (shorter than [equaling or longer than] phyllaries).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre diameter;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>cylindric to weakly turbinate, 1.5–4 [–10+] mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="phyllarie duration;phyllarie atypical quantity;phyllarie quantity;phyllarie orientation;phyllarie fusion;phyllarie shape;phyllarie shape;phyllarie shape;phyllarie shape;phyllarie shape;phyllarie size;series quantity;margin texture"><b>Phyllaries </b>persistent, mostly 5–8 [–17] in 1–2 series, erect, distinct, ovate, obovate, or oblong, subequal, margins scarious (tips greenish or gray to whitish, not black).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="receptacle prominence or shape;receptacle relief;receptacle architecture"><b>Receptacles </b>flat, foveolate (sometimes hairy), epaleate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="ray-floret presence"><b>Ray-</b>florets 0.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="disc-floret atypical quantity;disc-floret quantity;disc-floret reproduction;disc-floret reproduction"><b>Disc-</b>florets 5–8 [–80], bisexual, fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="corolla coloration;corolla coloration;tube length or size;throat shape;throat quantity;lobe quantity;lobe orientation;lobe arrangement or course or shape">corollas white or ochroleucous [yellow, purplish], tubes longer than the campanulate or ± lacking throats, lobes 5, ascending to spreading, lance-linear;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stigmatic area architecture;apex shape">style-branches: stigmatic areas continuous, apices rounded-truncate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="cypsela shape;cypsela shape;cypsela architecture or shape;cypsela pubescence;cypsela pubescence"><b>Cypselae </b>mostly ± ellipsoid, ± compressed, [10–] 14–18-ribbed, glabrous or hairy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="bristle quantity;bristle coloration;bristle coloration;bristle architecture">pappi [0] persistent (fragile), of 100–120, white or creamy, barbellulate bristles.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="pappus duration;x chromosome quantity">x = 30.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=sw United States;mostly Mexico and Central America |discussion=<p>Species ca. 42 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=robinson1973b |text=Robinson, H. and R. D. Brettell. 1973b. Studies in the Senecioneae (Asteraceae). III. The genus Psacalium. Phytologia 27: 254–264. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Psacalium |author=Theodore M. Barkley† |authority=Cassini in F. Cuvier |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Asteraceae |distribution=sw United States;mostly Mexico and Central America |reference=robinson1973b |publication title=in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. |publication year=1826 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V20_1393.xml |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae |genus=Psacalium |apex shape=rounded-truncate |array architecture=corymbiform;paniculiform |blade architecture=nerved |blade shape=mostly ovate;elliptic |bractlet atypical quantity=3;5 |bractlet quantity=1;3 |bristle architecture=barbellulate |bristle coloration=creamy;white |bristle quantity=100;120 |corolla coloration=ochroleucous;white |cypsela architecture or shape=[10-]14-18-ribbed |cypsela pubescence=hairy;glabrous |cypsela shape=compressed;ellipsoid |disc-floret atypical quantity=8;80 |disc-floret quantity=5;8 |disc-floret reproduction=fertile;bisexual |face pubescence=hairy;glabrous |head architecture or shape=discoid |involucre diameter=1.5mm;4mm |involucre shape=cylindric;weakly turbinate |leaf architecture=petiolate |leaf arrangement=alternate |leaf position=cauline;basal |lobe arrangement or course or shape=lance-linear |lobe orientation=ascending;spreading |lobe quantity=5 |margin texture=scarious |pappus duration=persistent |phyllarie atypical quantity=8;17 |phyllarie duration=persistent |phyllarie fusion=distinct |phyllarie orientation=erect |phyllarie quantity=5;8 |phyllarie shape=oblong;obovate;oblong;obovate;ovate |phyllarie size=subequal |ray-floret presence=absent |receptacle architecture=epaleate |receptacle prominence or shape=flat |receptacle relief=foveolate |series quantity=1;2 |stem arrangement or growth form=clustered |stem orientation=erect |stem quantity=single |stigmatic area architecture=continuous |throat quantity=lacking |throat shape=campanulate |tube length or size=longer |ultimate margin shape=toothed;entire |whole-organism atypical some measurement=150cm;300cm |whole-organism duration=perennial |whole-organism some measurement=80cm;150cm |x chromosome quantity=30 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae]] 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) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Psacalium.