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|accepted_name=Saururus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 341. 175
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|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 159. 1754
|year=1754
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|common_names=Lizard's-tail
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Saururaceae;Saururus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Saururaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Saururus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek sauros, lizard, and oura, tail
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem architecture;stem architecture;node quantity"><b>Stems </b>simple or branched, nodes more than 2.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>cauline.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf position or structure subtype;raceme architecture or arrangement;raceme arrangement;beak architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>opposite leaves and/or terminal, racemes, lax, spikelike, not subtended by petaloid bracts.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="flower quantity;flower fusion"><b>Flowers </b>175-350, not coalescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity;stamen position;stamen position">stamens (3-) 6 (-8), hypogynous or epigynous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="">pistil 1, (3-) 4-5 (-7) -carpellate, connate only at base;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="pistil quantity;pistil architecture;pistil fusion;pistil placentation">placentation marginal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="ovule quantity">ovules 2 per placenta (only 1 developing into seed).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>schizocarps;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="mericarp condition or texture;mericarp dehiscence">mericarps dry, indehiscent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties=""><b>Seed </b>1 per mericarp.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="seed quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=e North America;e Asia
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=baldwin1949a
|text=Baldwin, J. T. and B. M. Speese. 1949. Cytogeography of Saururus cernuus. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 76: 213-216.
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|id=hall1940a
|text=Hall, T. F. 1940. The biology of Saururus cernuus L. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 24: 253-260.
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|id=holm1926a
|text=Holm, T. 1926. Saururus cernuus L. A morphological study. Amer. J. Sci., ser. 5, 12: 162-168.
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|id=johnson1900a
|text=Johnson, D. S. 1900. On the development of Saururus cernuus L. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 365-372.
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|id=tucker1975b
|text=Tucker, S. C. 1975. Floral development in Saururus cernuus (Saururaceae). 1. Floral initiation and stamen development. Amer. J. Bot. 62: 993-1007.
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|id=tucker1976a
|text=Tucker, S. C. 1976. Floral development in Saururus cernuus (Saururaceae). 2. Carpel initiation and floral vasculature. Amer. J. Bot. 63: 289-301.
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|id=tucker1979a
|text=Tucker, S. C. 1979. Ontogeny of the inflorescence of Saururus cernuus (Saururaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 66: 227-236.
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name=Saururus
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Saururaceae
|distribution=e North America;e Asia
|reference=baldwin1949a;hall1940a;holm1926a;johnson1900a;tucker1975b;tucker1976a;tucker1979a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Saururus
|beak architecture=petaloid
|flower fusion=not coalescent
|flower quantity=175;350
|leaf arrangement=opposite
|leaf position=cauline
|leaf position or structure subtype=terminal
|mericarp condition or texture=dry
|mericarp dehiscence=indehiscent
|ovule quantity=2
|pistil architecture=(3-)4-5(-7)-carpellate
|pistil fusion=connate
|pistil placentation=marginal
|pistil quantity=1
|raceme architecture or arrangement=lax
|raceme arrangement=spike-like
|seed quantity=1
|stamen atypical quantity=6;8
|stamen position=epigynous;hypogynous
|stamen quantity=6
|stem architecture=branched;simple
|x chromosome quantity=11
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