View source for Glinus ← Glinus 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=Glinus |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 463. 1753 |year=1753 }}{{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 208. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Damascisa |basionyms= |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Nemallosis |authority=Rafinesque }} |hierarchy=Molluginaceae;Glinus |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Molluginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Glinus]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek glinos, sweet juice |volume=Volume 4 |mention_page=page 76, 509, 510 |treatment_page=page 511 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, stellate, pubescent. <b>Stems</b> prostrate to ascending, branching from base. <b>Leaves</b> alternate or whorled; stipules absent. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, cymose; cymes dense, reduced. <b>Flowers</b> sessile or short pedicellate; sepals persistent, 5, basally connate, abaxially stellate-pubescent; petals absent (or 5–20); stamens (3–)5(–20), alternate with sepals, distinct or fascicled; pistils 3–5-locular; ovules 10–25 per locule; styles 1(–5), terminal, erect, or stigmas sessile. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, 3–5-valved. <b>Seeds</b>: somewhat flattened laterally, asymmetrically reniform, smooth to tuberculate, funiculus develops into a long, slender strophiole. <b>x</b> = 9.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Australia. |discussion=<p>Species 6 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Several species of <i>Glinus</i> have medicinal value. <i>Glinus</i> oppositifolius has been used as a vegetable in Africa, India, and the Philippines, and to treat diarrhea, boils, bilious attacks, headache, and joint pain (H. M. Burkill 1985; K. R. Kirtikar and B. D. Basu 1935; A. K. Tripathi 1988). K. M. Alikutty and N. M. Aleyas (1978) presented evidence that G. oppositifolius is toxic to cattle, when fed in large quantities.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Seeds smooth, highly glossy, 0.4-0.5 × 0.2-0.3 mm; sepal apex long-acuminate or attenuate |[[Glinus radiatus|Glinus radiatus]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Seeds papillate, somewhat glossy or dull, 0.4-0.6 × 0.3-0.4 mm; sepal apex rounded to acute or slightly mucronate |[[Glinus lotoides|Glinus lotoides]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Glinus |author= |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms=Nemallosis |basionyms= |family=Molluginaceae |distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Australia. |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_1036.xml |genus=Glinus }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Molluginaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Molluginaceae (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/ID/Synonym (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Glinus.