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|accepted_name=Wislizenia
|accepted_authority=Engelmann in F. A. Wislizenus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in F. A. Wislizenus, Mem. Tour N. Mexico,
|place=99. 1848
|year=1848
}}
|common_names=Jackass-clover;spectacle-fruit
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cleomaceae;Wislizenia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cleomaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Wislizenia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Friedrich (later Frederick) Adolph Wislizenus, 1810–1889, botanical collector in southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 199, 200, 205
|treatment_page=page 213
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> shrubs, or subshrubs, annual or perennial. <b>Stems</b> sparsely branched laterally; puberulent, glabrous, or glabrate (scabrid when dry). <b>Leaves</b>: stipules minute tufts of filiform hairs; petiole without pulvinus (equal to or longer than leaflets); leaflets (1 or) 3, (conduplicate). <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, racemes (dense); bracts usually absent; (pedicels 3–5 mm, glabrous). <b>Flowers</b>: zygomorphic; sepals usually persistent (eventually deciduous), distinct, equal; petals slightly unequal (in pairs); stamens 6 (well-exserted, ± equal); filaments inserted on gynophore, glabrous; anthers (oblong), coiling after dehiscence; gynophore reflexed in fruit; (pistil 2-lobed basally, style filiform, eventually spinelike). <b>Fruits</b> schizocarps, indehiscent, obovate, (reticulate, ± tuberculate, valves disarticulating from persistent, round septum). <b>Seeds</b> 2(–4), globose, not arillate. <b>x</b> = 10.</span><!--

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|distribution=sc;sw United States;nw Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Species 3 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Wislizenia</i> has been the object of diverse taxonomic opinions; as many as eight or as few as one species have been recognized. S. Keller (1979) documented three geographically and morphologically distinct groups within the genus. Although she treated those as subspecies, recognition as species seems more appropriate (H. H. Iltis, pers. comm.). The differentiation among the taxa seems equal to or greater than that among species in other genera of the family.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=greene1906a
|text=Greene, E. L. 1906b. Revision of the genus Wislizenia. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 19: 127–132.
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|id=keller1979a
|text=Keller, S. 1979. A revision of the genus Wislizenia (Capparidaceae) based on population studies. Brittonia 31: 333–351.
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Subshrubs or shrubs; leaflets 3 proximally, 1 distally, blade ovate to obovate, 3-8(-12) times as long as wide; sepals ovate.
|[[Wislizenia palmeri|Wislizenia palmeri]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Annuals; leaflets 3 throughout, blade ovate to obovate, 1.5-4(-5.5) times as long as wide; sepals lanceolate
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaflets less than 2.8 times as long as wide; gynophore ca. 5 mm in fruit; anthers 1.3-2.5 mm; petals 2.5-5 mm.
|[[Wislizenia californica|Wislizenia californica]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaflets 1.5-4(-5.5) times as long as wide; gynophore 2-12 mm in fruit; anthers 0.5-1.7 mm; petals 1.4-4.6 mm.
|[[Wislizenia refracta|Wislizenia refracta]]
|}
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name=Wislizenia
|author=Gordon C. Tucker
|authority=Engelmann in F. A. Wislizenus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cleomaceae
|distribution=sc;sw United States;nw Mexico.
|reference=greene1906a;keller1979a
|publication title=in F. A. Wislizenus, Mem. Tour N. Mexico,
|publication year=1848
|special status=
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|genus=Wislizenia
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