View source for Wedelia ← Wedelia 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=Wedelia |accepted_authority=Jacquin |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Enum. Syst. Pl., |place=8, 28. 1760 |year=1760 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae;Wedelia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Wedelia]]</div></div> |etymology=For George Wolfgang Wedel, 1645–1721, botanist/professor at Jena |volume=Volume 21 |mention_page=page 65, 66 |treatment_page=page 125 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism atypical some measurement;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism atypical some measurement;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism growth form"><b>Subshrubs </b>or shrubs [annuals, perennials], 10–50 (–100) [–250] cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>mostly erect, branched from bases and/or throughout.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="">opposite;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture;leaf architecture">petiolate or sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;base shape;margin shape;face pubescence">blades (3-nerved [pinnately nerved]) trullate to lanceolate or lance-linear [deltate, elliptic, filiform, linear, ovate], sometimes ± 3-lobed, bases cuneate to truncate, margins coarsely toothed to subentire, faces hispid [scabrous to scabrellous or strigose to strigillose, ± sericeous, often with finer, uncinate hairs as well], usually glanddotted.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="head architecture or arrangement;head arrangement"><b>Heads </b>radiate (discoid), borne singly [in corymbiform arrays].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre diameter;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>obconic to hemispheric, 4–8 [–15] mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="phyllary duration;phyllary quantity;series quantity"><b>Phyllaries </b>persistent, 8–16+ in 2–3+ series (outer usually larger and/or more herbaceous than inner).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="receptacle shape;receptacle architecture"><b>Receptacles </b>convex, paleate (paleae conduplicate, chartaceous to scarious).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="ray-floret presence;ray-floret quantity;ray-floret architecture;ray-floret reproduction"><b>Ray-</b>florets 0 or 4–18, pistillate, fertile [neuter];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="corolla coloration">corollas yellow to orange [purplish or white].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="disc-floret quantity;disc-floret reproduction;disc-floret reproduction"><b>Disc-</b>florets 8–150+, bisexual, fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="corolla coloration;tube height or length or size;throat variability;throat shape;lobe quantity;lobe shape">corollas yellow to orange [purplish], sometimes marked with purple, tubes shorter than or equaling funnelform or cylindric throats, lobes 5, deltate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties=""><b>Cypselae </b>± dimorphic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="cypsela growth form;cypsela position;cypsela shape;cypsela shape;cypsela position;cypsela shape;cypsela shape;cypsela shape">peripheral sometimes obcompressed and weakly 3-angled, inner compressed and biconvex or flattened [somewhat 4-angled] (some or all winged, all ± rostrate, bearing central neck or boss apically, some or all each bearing wartlike elaiosome at base);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="">pappi persistent, cyathiform (fimbriate cups plus 0–3 coarse bristles or awns borne together on rostra).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="pappus duration;pappus shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 13?</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tropical and subtropical New World |discussion=<p>Species 25+ (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>African aspilias may belong within Wedelia.</p><!-- --><p>Wedelia glauca is treated herein as Pascalia glauca, W. trilobata as Sphagneticola trilobata. A report of Stemmodontia asperrima (Sprengel) C. Mohr from ballast may be source of reports of W. calycina Richard or W. frutescens Jacquin from Alabama. I have seen no specimens to support those reports.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Wedelia |author=John L. Strother |authority=Jacquin |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Asteraceae |distribution=Tropical and subtropical New World |reference=None |publication title=Enum. Syst. Pl., |publication year=1760 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V21_305.xml |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae |subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae |genus=Wedelia |base shape=cuneate;truncate |blade shape=3-lobed;trullate;lanceolate or lance-linear |corolla coloration=yellow;orange |cypsela growth form=dimorphic |cypsela position=inner;peripheral |cypsela shape=flattened;biconvex;compressed;3-angled;obcompressed |disc-floret quantity=8;150 |disc-floret reproduction=fertile;bisexual |face pubescence=hispid |head architecture or arrangement=radiate |head arrangement=singly |involucre diameter=4mm;8mm |involucre shape=obconic;hemispheric |leaf architecture=sessile;petiolate |leaf arrangement=opposite |leaf position=cauline |lobe quantity=5 |lobe shape=deltate |margin shape=coarsely toothed;subentire |pappus duration=persistent |pappus shape=cyathiform |phyllary duration=persistent |phyllary quantity=8;16 |ray-floret architecture=pistillate |ray-floret presence=absent |ray-floret quantity=4;18 |ray-floret reproduction=fertile |receptacle architecture=paleate |receptacle shape=convex |series quantity=2;3 |stem architecture=branched |stem orientation=erect |throat shape=cylindric |throat variability=equaling |tube height or length or size=shorter |whole_organism atypical some measurement=50cm;100cm |whole_organism growth form=shrub;subshrub |whole_organism some measurement=10cm;50cm |x chromosome quantity=13 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae]] 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) Return to Wedelia.