View source for Pleea ← Pleea 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=Pleea |accepted_authority=Michaux |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Fl. Bor.-Amer. |place=1: 247. 1803 |year=1803 }} |common_names=Rush-featherling |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Liliaceae;Pleea |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pleea]]</div></div> |etymology=for Auguste Plée, 1787–1825, French traveller in the New World |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 11, 56, 58, 60 |treatment_page=page 59 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, rhizomatous, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>2-ranked, equitant, mostly basal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade arrangement or course or shape">blade linear.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, racemose, open, bracteate, bracteolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="bracteole fusion">bracteoles connate in epicalyx.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower orientation;flower arrangement"><b>Flowers </b>arising singly;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="tepal duration;tepal quantity;tepal fusion;series quantity;series variability">tepals persistent, 6, in 2 somewhat dissimiliar series, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity;stamen quantity;stamen arrangement;outer tepal quantity">stamens 9 (–10), 2 opposite each outer tepal, 1 opposite each inner;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="filament shape;filament shape">filaments dilated basally, flattened;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="anther fixation;anther architecture or structure in adjective form;anther dehiscence">anthers versatile, 2-locular, introrse, without appendages;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="ovary position;ovary architecture;ovary architecture;ovary pubescence">ovary superior, stipitate, apocarpous basally, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="intercarpellary nectary presence">intercarpellary nectary present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="style quantity">styles 3.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit shape;fruit pubescence;fruit dehiscence;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, ovoid to broadly ellipsoid, glabrous, dehiscence septicidal, then adaxially loculicidal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>appendaged.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed architecture;x chromosome quantity">x =15.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!-- --><p>F. H. Utech (1978, 1979) clearly demonstrated the relationship of Pleea to Tofieldia sensu lato and reassigned the only species of the former to the latter. Morphologically, though, P. tenuifolia is a very distinctive species and, while it shares characteristics with both Tofieldia and Triantha, it is not in any way an intermediate.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Pleea |author=John G. Packer |authority=Michaux |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Liliaceae |distribution=North America |reference=None |publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer. |publication year=1803 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_24.xml |genus=Pleea |anther architecture or structure in adjective form=2-locular |anther dehiscence=introrse |anther fixation=versatile |blade arrangement or course or shape=linear |bracteole fusion=connate |filament shape=flattened;dilated |flower arrangement=singly |flower orientation=arising |fruit architecture=capsular |fruit dehiscence=loculicidal;septicidal |fruit pubescence=glabrous |fruit shape=ovoid;broadly ellipsoid |inflorescence architecture=bracteolate;bracteate;open |inflorescence arrangement=racemose |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |intercarpellary nectary presence=absent |leaf arrangement=equitant;2-ranked |leaf position=basal |outer tepal quantity=1 |ovary architecture=apocarpous;stipitate |ovary position=superior |ovary pubescence=glabrous |seed architecture=appendaged |series quantity=2 |series variability=dissimiliar |stamen arrangement=opposite |stamen atypical quantity=9;10 |stamen quantity=2;9 |style quantity=3 |tepal duration=persistent |tepal fusion=distinct |tepal quantity=6 |whole_organism architecture=rhizomatous |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=herb |whole_organism pubescence=glabrous |x chromosome quantity=15 }}<!-- -->[[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 Pleea.