View source for Bergia ← Bergia 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=Bergia |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Mant. Pl. |place=2: 152, 241. 1771 |year=1771 }} |common_names=Water-fire |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Elatinaceae;Bergia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Elatinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bergia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Peter J. Bergius, 1730–1790, Swedish botanist and physician, student of Linnaeus |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 348 |treatment_page=page 349 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>[subshrubs], terrestrial [aquatic], glandular-pubescent. <b>Stems</b> ascending to prostrate, solid or pithy, not rooting at nodes [rooting at proximal nodes]. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules nearly membranous; petiole present; blade margins serrulate. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually cymes, rarely flowers solitary. <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5, distinct, equal, carinate, apex acuminate or acute; petals 5, apex acute; stamens (5 or 7–)10; pistil 5-carpellate; ovary 5-locular, apex ± acute; styles 5; stigmas 5. <b>Capsules</b> cartilaginous. <b>Seeds</b> 3–6[–10] per locule, brown, slightly curved, surface obscurely reticulate with rectangular pits. <b>x</b> = 6.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=w;c United States;n Mexico;Asia;Africa;Australia;introduced in South America;warm-temperate and tropical regions. |discussion=<p>Species ca. 25 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p><i>Bergia</i> has its greatest diversity in Africa and Australia.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Bergia |author=Gordon C. Tucker |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Elatinaceae |distribution=w;c United States;n Mexico;Asia;Africa;Australia;introduced in South America;warm-temperate and tropical regions. |reference=None |publication title=Mant. Pl. |publication year=1771 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_649.xml |genus=Bergia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Elatinaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Elatinaceae (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 Bergia.