View source for Scoliopus ← Scoliopus 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=Scoliopus |accepted_authority=Torrey |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Pacif. Railr. Rep. |place=4(5): 145, plate 22. 1857 |year=1857 }} |common_names=Slink pod;fetid adder’s-tongue;slink-lily |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Liliaceae;Scoliopus |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Scoliopus]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek skolios, crooked, and - pous, footed, alluding to the tortuous, recurved pedicels |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 14, 15, 51, 56, 57 |treatment_page=page 118 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;rhizome height or length or size;rhizome shape"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, with short, knotty rhizomes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root architecture">roots contractile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem location;stem architecture;stem orientation;stem height or length or size"><b>Stems </b>subterranean, simple, vertical, short.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf atypical quantity;leaf quantity;leaf architecture;leaf architecture;leaf architecture or shape"><b>Leaves </b>2–3 (–4), petiolate or subsessile, sheathing at base;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade coloration;blade coloration;blade coloration;blade shape;apex shape">blade dark green distally, paler proximally, sometimes mottled with purple, elliptic to oblong, apex obtuse.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;axillary fascicle quantity;pedicel shape;pedicel architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>umbellate, with several axillary fascicles of elongate, twisting pedicels.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower prominence;flower odor"><b>Flowers </b>showy, odor unpleasant;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="whorl quantity;outer whorl orientation;outer whorl orientation;outer whorl fusion;outer whorl architecture;outer whorl shape;gland shape;inner whorl orientation;inner whorl fusion;inner whorl arrangement or course or shape;inner whorl arrangement">perianth of 2 dissimilar whorls of tepals, outer spreading or recurving, distinct, petaloid, ovate to lanceolate to oblanceolate, with oblong gland basally, inner erect, distinct, linear, converging over pistil;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stamen quantity;outer tepal arrangement">stamens 3, opposite outer tepals;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="anther fixation;anther architecture or structure in adjective form;anther shape;anther dehiscence or orientation">anthers versatile, 2-locular, oblong, extrorse;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="ovary position;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary shape;ovary placentation">ovary superior, 1-locular, strongly 3-angled, placentation parietal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="style orientation;style height or length or size">style erect, short;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stigma duration;stigma quantity;stigma orientation;stigma arrangement or course or shape;ovule quantity;row quantity">stigmas persistent, 3, spreading to recurved, linear, inner surface deeply channelled, ovules 20–40, in 2 rows on each placenta.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit coloration;fruit shape;fruit shape;fruit architecture;fruit architecture or shape;style duration"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, brownish purple, oblong-lanceolate, strongly 3-angled, thin-walled, opening irregularly by decay, beaked by persistent style and stigmas.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>slightly curved, oblong, eliaosome present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed course;seed shape;seed presence;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 7, 8.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=w North America |discussion=<p>Species 2 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaves 14–24 cm; pedicel 11–22 cm; outer tepals 12.5–19 mm; style 4.5–6 mm. |[[Scoliopus bigelovii|Scoliopus bigelovii]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaves 8–14 cm; pedicel 6–10 cm; outer tepals 6.5–10 mm; style 2–2.5 mm. |[[Scoliopus hallii|Scoliopus hallii]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Scoliopus |author=Frederick H. Utech |authority=Torrey |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Liliaceae |distribution=w North America |reference=None |publication title=Pacif. Railr. Rep. |publication year=1857 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_144.xml |genus=Scoliopus |anther architecture or structure in adjective form=2-locular |anther dehiscence or orientation=extrorse |anther fixation=versatile |anther shape=oblong |apex shape=obtuse |axillary fascicle quantity=several |blade coloration=mottled with purple;paler;dark green |blade shape=elliptic;oblong |flower odor=unpleasant |flower prominence=showy |fruit architecture=thin-walled;capsular |fruit architecture or shape=beaked |fruit coloration=brownish purple |fruit shape=3-angled;oblong-lanceolate |gland shape=oblong |inflorescence architecture=umbellate |inner whorl arrangement=converging |inner whorl arrangement or course or shape=linear |inner whorl fusion=distinct |inner whorl orientation=erect |leaf architecture=subsessile;petiolate |leaf architecture or shape=sheathing |leaf atypical quantity=3;4 |leaf quantity=2;3 |outer tepal arrangement=opposite |outer whorl architecture=petaloid |outer whorl fusion=distinct |outer whorl orientation=recurving;spreading |outer whorl shape=ovate;lanceolate |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular |ovary placentation=parietal |ovary position=superior |ovary shape=3-angled |ovule quantity=20;40 |pedicel architecture=twisting |pedicel shape=elongate |rhizome height or length or size=short |rhizome shape=knotty |root architecture=contractile |row quantity=2 |seed course=curved |seed presence=absent |seed shape=oblong |stamen quantity=3 |stem architecture=simple |stem height or length or size=short |stem location=subterranean |stem orientation=vertical |stigma arrangement or course or shape=linear |stigma duration=persistent |stigma orientation=spreading;recurved |stigma quantity=3 |style duration=persistent |style height or length or size=short |style orientation=erect |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=herb |whorl quantity=2 |x chromosome quantity=8;7 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Liliaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Liliaceae (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 Scoliopus.