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|accepted_name=Velezia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 332. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 155. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae;Velezia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Velezia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Cristóbal Velez, ca. 1710–1753, a friend of the botanist Pehr Loefling
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 4, 6
|treatment_page=page 166
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="taproot size"><b>Taproots </b>slender.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture;stem architecture;stem shape"><b>Stems </b>simple or branched, terete.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf fusion;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>connate proximally by line of tissue or sheath, sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade architecture;blade shape;apex shape">blade 3-veined, linear to subulate, apex acute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, flowers generally solitary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="bract architecture">bracts foliaceous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="involucel bracteole presence">involucel bracteoles absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="pedicel orientation"><b>Pedicels </b>erect.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal some measurement"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals 11–15 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="tube coloration;tube architecture;tube shape;tube shape;between sepals commissure presence;lobe coloration;lobe coloration;lobe architecture;lobe shape;lobe height or length or size;margin coloration;margin texture;apex shape">tube green, 15-veined, narrowly cylindric, terete, commissures between sepals absent, lobes green or reddish, 3-veined proximally, lanceolate-acuminate, shorter than tube, margins silvery, scarious, apex acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal quantity;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal shape;auricle presence;corona shape;blade apex shape;blade apex shape">petals 5, pink or purple, clawed, auricles absent, corona of 6–8, linear to lanceolate segments, blade apex entire or notched;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="">nectaries at filament bases;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="filament fusion">filaments distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="staminode presence">staminodes absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="style quantity;style some measurement;style pubescence">styles 2, 9–10 mm, glabrous proximally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="stigma quantity;stigma arrangement or course or shape;stigma relief;stigma quantity">stigmas 2, linear along adaxial surface of styles, papillate (30×).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="capsule shape;tooth quantity;tooth orientation"><b>Capsules </b>narrowly cylindric, opening by 4 ascending teeth;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="carpophore presence">carpophore present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed shape;seed shape;seed relief;marginal wing presence;appendage presence"><b>Seeds </b>6–8, black, ovate-oblong, dorsiventrally compressed, finely papillate, marginal wing absent, appendage absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="">embryo central, straight.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s23" data-properties="embryo position;embryo course;x chromosome quantity">x = 14.</span><!--

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|distribution=Europe (Mediterranean region);sw;c Asia
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 6 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Velezia
|author=Ronald L. Hartman;Richard K. Rabeler
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|illustrator=Barbara Alongi
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=Europe (Mediterranean region);sw;c Asia
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Caryophylloideae
|genus=Velezia
|apex shape=acute;acute
|appendage presence=absent
|auricle presence=absent
|between sepals commissure presence=absent
|blade apex shape=notched;entire
|blade architecture=3-veined
|blade shape=linear;subulate
|bract architecture=foliaceous
|capsule shape=cylindric
|carpophore presence=absent
|corona shape=linear;lanceolate
|embryo course=straight
|embryo position=central
|filament fusion=distinct
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|inflorescence position=axillary
|involucel bracteole presence=absent
|leaf architecture=sessile
|leaf fusion=connate
|lobe architecture=3-veined
|lobe coloration=reddish;green
|lobe height or length or size=shorter
|lobe shape=lanceolate-acuminate
|margin coloration=silvery
|margin texture=scarious
|marginal wing presence=absent
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular
|pedicel orientation=erect
|petal coloration=purple;pink
|petal quantity=5
|petal shape=clawed
|seed coloration=black
|seed quantity=6;8
|seed relief=papillate
|seed shape=compressed;ovate-oblong
|sepal some measurement=11mm;15mm
|stamen quantity=5
|staminode presence=absent
|stem architecture=branched;simple
|stem shape=terete
|stigma arrangement or course or shape=linear
|stigma quantity=[30;2
|stigma relief=papillate
|style pubescence=glabrous
|style quantity=2
|style some measurement=9mm;10mm
|taproot size=slender
|tooth orientation=ascending
|tooth quantity=4
|tube architecture=15-veined
|tube coloration=green
|tube shape=terete;cylindric
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|x chromosome quantity=14
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