View source for Boykinia ← Boykinia 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=Boykinia |accepted_authority=Nuttall |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia |place=7: 113. 1834, name conserved , }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Boykinia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Saxifragaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Boykinia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Samuel Boykin, 1786–1848, planter, physician, and naturalist of Milledgeville, Georgia |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 45, 47, 120, 124, 132 |treatment_page=page 125 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> rhizomatous, not stoloniferous (± stoloniferous in <i>B. intermedia</i>). <b>Flowering</b> stems erect, leafy, 10–130 cm, densely stipitate-glandular and eglandular-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> in basal rosette and cauline; cauline leaves similar to basal, gradually reduced distally to sessile bracts; stipules present; petiole densely stipitate-glandular; basal leaf blades reniform to reniform-orbiculate or cordate, shallowly lobed to deeply cleft, base cordate, ultimate margins crenate to serrate, apex acute or rounded, surfaces stipitate-glandular, adaxial surface grooved over veins; venation palmate. <b>Inflorescences</b> compound, dichasial cymes, terminal from terminal bud in rosette, branches (3–)5–20(–30)-flowered, bracteate. <b>Flowers</b> ± radially symmetric; hypanthium adnate 1/2–5/6 to ovary, free from ovary 0.7–3 mm, usually green, sometimes purple; sepals 5, green to purple; petals 5, white (sometimes with pink veins in <i>B. richardsonii</i>); nectary tissue encircling base of styles at junction of ovary and free hypanthium; stamens 5; filaments linear to subulate; (anthers apiculate or obtuse); ovary 2/3 to completely inferior, 2-locular, carpels connate proximally; placentation axile; styles 2; stigmas 2. <b>Capsules</b> 2-beaked. <b>Seeds</b> (ca. 50–500), usually black, (brown in <i>B. richardsonii</i>), ellipsoid, tuberculate (smooth in <i>B. richardsonii</i>). <b>x</b> = 7.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;nw Mexico;e Asia (Japan). |discussion=<p>Neoboykinia H. Hara; Therofon Rafinesque</p><!-- --><p>Species 7 (6 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>The Japanese species is <i>Boykinia</i> lycoctonifolia (Maximovicz) Engler, which, based on its morphology, seems to be most closely related to <i>B. aconitifolia</i>.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Inflorescence branches 3-flowered; seeds smooth. |[[Boykinia richardsonii|Boykinia richardsonii]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Inflorescence branches 5-30-flowered; seeds tuberculate |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Leaf blades usually orbiculate-cordate, sometimes reniform, lobed to 1/2 their lengths; stipules of cauline leaves expansions from petiole base |[[#key-0-3| > 3]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Leaf blades usually reniform, rarely cordate, lobed to 1/2-3/4 their lengths; stipules of cauline leaves foliaceous or expansions from petiole base |[[#key-0-4| > 4]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Petals 2-3 times as long as sepals; basal leaf blades usually 3-9-lobed. |[[Boykinia occidentalis|Boykinia occidentalis]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Petals shorter than or to 1.5 times as long as sepals; leaf blades shallowly and indistinctly lobed. |[[Boykinia rotundifolia|Boykinia rotundifolia]] |-id=key-0-4 |4 |Hypanthia saucer-shaped; petals suborbiculate to ovate, base contracted to claw, margins undulate. |[[Boykinia major|Boykinia major]] |-id=key-0-4 |4 |Hypanthia campanulate to turbinate; petals ovate to spatulate, base tapered to claw, margins plane |[[#key-0-5| > 5]] |-id=key-0-5 |5 |Rhizomes usually underground, not usually stoloniferous; stipules of cauline leaves usually expansions from petiole base, fringed with brown hairs, sometimes foliaceous; nectaries green. |[[Boykinia aconitifolia|Boykinia aconitifolia]] |-id=key-0-5 |5 |Rhizomes proliferating above ground, stoloniferous; stipules of cauline leaves usually foliaceous; nectaries greenish yellow. |[[Boykinia intermedia|Boykinia intermedia]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Boykinia |author=Richard J. Gornall |authority=Nuttall |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Saxifragaceae |illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey |distribution=North America;nw Mexico;e Asia (Japan). |reference=None |publication title=J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_250.xml |genus=Boykinia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Saxifragaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Saxifragaceae (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 Boykinia.