View source for Misopates ← Misopates 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=Misopates |accepted_authority=Rafinesque |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Autik. Bot., |place=158. 1840 |year=1840 }} |special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status |code=I |label=Introduced }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Misopates |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Misopates]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek plant name used by Dioscorides; probably misos, to hate, and pateo, to trample, alluding to erect stems (in contrast to low lying habit of Orontium aquaticum) |volume=Volume 17 |mention_page=page 12, 13 |treatment_page=page 36 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual. <b>Stems</b> ascending or erect, glandular-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, opposite proximally, alternate distally; petiole absent; blade not fleshy, not leathery, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, racemes; bracts present. <b>Pedicels</b> present; bracteoles absent. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual; sepals 5, basally connate, calyx bilaterally symmetric, short-cupulate, lobes linear, usually longer than corolla tube in flower; corolla pink or purple with darker veins, rarely white, bilaterally symmetric, bilabiate and personate, cylindric or urceolate, 10–15 mm, tube base gibbous abaxially, not spurred, lobes 5, abaxial 3, adaxial 2; stamens 4, basally adnate to corolla, didynamous, filaments glabrous; staminode 1, lingulate; ovary 2-locular, placentation axile; stigma capitate. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, (5–)7–11 mm, dehiscence poricidal (adaxial locule, smaller adaxial locule sometimes indehiscent). <b>Seeds</b> 200–250, dark brown, angled to obovoid, wings present. <b>x</b> = 8.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=s Europe;Asia;n Africa;introduced also in South America;s Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia. |discussion=<p>Species 7 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Using molecular data, P. Vargas et al. (2004) and M. Fernández-Mazuecos et al. (2013) found <i>Misopates</i> to be monophyletic and sister to the Old World genera Acanthorrhinum Rothmaler and Pseudomisopates Güemes. <i>Misopates</i> is distinguished from related genera in the flora area by its annual habit, calyx lobes usually longer than the corolla tubes, and capsules with unequal locules.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Misopates |author=Craig C. Freeman |authority=Rafinesque |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Plantaginaceae |distribution=s Europe;Asia;n Africa;introduced also in South America;s Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Autik. Bot., |publication year=1840 |special status=Introduced |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_120.xml |genus=Misopates }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Plantaginaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Plantaginaceae (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/Special status (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Misopates.