View source for Suckleya ← Suckleya 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=Suckleya |accepted_authority=A. Gray |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts |place=11: 103. 1876 |year=1876 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Suckleya |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Suckleya]]</div></div> |etymology=For George Suckley, 1830–1869, physician and naturalist |volume=Volume 4 |mention_page=page 260, 322 |treatment_page=page 305 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual, monoecious.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem architecture;stem shape;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem texture"><b>Stems </b>prostrate or ascending, diffusely branched, terete, not jointed or armed, not fleshy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape;apex shape;trichome shape;trichome architecture">blade rhombic-ovate to suborbicular, base abruptly short-cuneate, margins repand-dentate, apex rounded or acute, sparsely covered with inflated unicellular trichomes (scurfy when dry).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;flower architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>staminate and pistillate flowers in mixed clusters in axils of nearly all leaves.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower architecture;perianth segment quantity"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: perianth segments usually 4;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity">stamens usually 4;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower architecture;ovary prominence;ovary presence">rudimentary ovary present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower architecture;perianth segment fusion;perianth segment shape"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: perianth segments becoming marginally connate, 4-lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;stigma quantity;stigma shape">stigmas 2, filiform.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="perianth size;perianth shape"><b>Fruits </b>utricles, enclosed by enlarged, compressed perianth;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="pericarp fixation or orientation;pericarp texture">pericarp appressed to seed, thinly membranous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="seed orientation;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>vertical, ovate to triangular-ovate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed-coat coloration;seed-coat width;seed-coat texture">seed-coat reddish-brown, thick, membranous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="embryo shape;perisperm position relational">embryo subannular, surrounding perisperm.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=w North America |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=chu1991a |text=Chu, G. L., H. C. Stutz, and S. C. Sanderson. 1991. Morphology and taxonomic position of Suckleya suckleyana (Chenopodiaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 78: 63–68. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Suckleya |author=Chu Gelin |authority=A. Gray |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Chenopodiaceae |distribution=w North America |reference=chu1991a |publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts |publication year=1876 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V4/V4_586.xml |genus=Suckleya |apex shape=acute;rounded |base shape=short-cuneate |blade shape=rhombic-ovate;suborbicular |embryo shape=subannular |flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;pistillate |inflorescence architecture=staminate |leaf architecture=petiolate |leaf arrangement=alternate |margin architecture or shape=repand-dentate |ovary presence=absent |ovary prominence=rudimentary |perianth segment fusion=connate |perianth segment quantity=4 |perianth segment shape=4-lobed |perianth shape=compressed |perianth size=enlarged |pericarp fixation or orientation=appressed |pericarp texture=membranous |perisperm position relational=surrounding |seed orientation=vertical |seed shape=ovate;triangular-ovate |seed-coat coloration=reddish-brown |seed-coat texture=membranous |seed-coat width=thick |stamen quantity=4 |stem architecture=armed;not jointed;branched |stem orientation=ascending;prostrate |stem shape=terete |stem texture=not fleshy |stigma quantity=2 |stigma shape=filiform |trichome architecture=unicellular |trichome shape=inflated |whole_organism duration=annual |whole_organism growth form=herb |whole_organism reproduction=monoecious }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Chenopodiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Chenopodiaceae (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 Suckleya.