View source for Micropus ← Micropus 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=Micropus |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 927. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 398. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Cottonseed;micrope;falzblume |basionyms= |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Bombycilaena |authority=(de Candolle) Smoljaninova }} |hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae;Micropus |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Micropus]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek micros, small, and pous, foot, perhaps alluding to tiny receptacles |volume=Volume 19 |mention_page=page 26, 28, 385, 386, 388, 450, 455 |treatment_page=page 454 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> 1–50 cm. <b>Stems</b> 1, ± erect, or 2–5[–10], ascending to erect [prostrate]. <b>Leaves</b> cauline; mostly alternate [opposite]; blades narrowly oblanceolate to elliptic [spatulate]. <b>Heads</b> usually in glomerules of 2–5 in racemiform to paniculiform or distally ± dichasiform [axillary] arrays, sometimes borne singly. <b>Involucres</b> inconspicuous. <b>Phyllaries</b> 4–6, ± equal (unlike paleae, scarious, hyaline). <b>Receptacles</b> depressed-spheric or obovoid (heights 0.5–1.8 times diams.), glabrous. <b>Pistillate</b> paleae falling, erect to incurved; bodies with 5+ nerves (nerves ± parallel, obscure), obovoid, saccate most of lengths (trigonously [evenly] compressed, galeate, abaxially rounded [corniculate-crested], each enclosing a floret); wings ± erect (and lateral) or inflexed (and subapical). <b>Staminate</b> paleae 0 or 1–3, falling, erect in fruit (not enlarged), shorter than pistillate paleae; bodies linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate. <b>Pistillate</b> florets 4–12. <b>Functionally</b> staminate florets 2–5; corolla lobes 4–5, ± equal. <b>Bisexual</b> florets 0. <b>Cypselae</b> brown, monomorphic: ± trigonously [evenly] compressed, ± obovoid, curved, gibbous abaxially, faces glabrous, smooth, shiny, corolla scars ± lateral; pappi: pistillate 0, staminate 0 or of 1–5 bristles (hidden in heads). <b>x</b> = 14.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=w United States;nw Mexico;s Europe;sw Asia;n Africa. |discussion=<p>Species 5 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>See discussion of Filagininae following the tribal description (p. 385).</p><!-- --><p><i>Micropus</i> species are found mostly in dry, open habitats of Mediterranean climates. In the flora, they are known only from west-draining portions of the Californian Floristic Province and the Willamette Valley in Oregon.</p><!-- --><p>The two North American species constitute <i>Micropus</i> sect. Rhyncholepis Nuttall. Recent European workers (e.g., J. Holub 1998) have included sect. Rhyncholepis in Bombycilaena, leaving M. supinus Linnaeus in a monotypic genus. Based on phylogenetic data (J. D. Morefield 1992), that approach would include in Bombycilaena species ancestral to, and derived from ancestors of, <i>Micropus</i>. I maintain <i>Micropus</i> in its traditional sense here. <i>Micropus</i> and <i>Psilocarphus</i> appear to be monophyletic sister genera derived from near or within <i>Stylocline</i>. A malformed specimen from Monterey County, California, appears to be a sterile hybrid between <i>M. californicus</i> and a species of <i>Psilocarphus</i>.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Pistillate paleae 8–12 in 2 series, bodies mainly chartaceous, cartilaginous medially, wings prominent, subapical, inflexed, plane to concave; cypselae: corolla scars in distal 1/4; receptacle heights 1.2–1.8 times diams.; staminate paleae mostly 1–3; staminate corolla lobes 4 (–5); staminate pappi of 1–5 bristles |[[Micropus amphibolus|Micropus amphibolus]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Pistillate paleae 4–7(–8) in 1 series, bodies cartilaginous to bony throughout, wings obscure, lateral, ± erect, involute; cypselae: corolla scars ± median; receptacle heights 0.5–0.8 times diams.; staminate paleae 0; staminate corolla lobes usually 5; staminate pappi 0 or of 1 bristle |[[Micropus californicus|Micropus californicus]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Micropus |author=James D. Morefield |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms=Bombycilaena |basionyms= |family=Asteraceae |illustrator=Linny Heagy |distribution=w United States;nw Mexico;s Europe;sw Asia;n Africa. |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V19_753.xml |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae |genus=Micropus }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Asteraceae (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/Synonym (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Micropus.