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|accepted_name=Glinus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 463. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 208. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Damascisa
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Nemallosis
|authority=Rafinesque
}}
|hierarchy=Molluginaceae;Glinus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Molluginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Glinus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek glinos, sweet juice
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 76, 509, 510
|treatment_page=page 511
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, stellate, pubescent. <b>Stems</b> prostrate to ascending, branching from base. <b>Leaves</b> alternate or whorled; stipules absent. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, cymose; cymes dense, reduced. <b>Flowers</b> sessile or short pedicellate; sepals persistent, 5, basally connate, abaxially stellate-pubescent; petals absent (or 5–20); stamens (3–)5(–20), alternate with sepals, distinct or fascicled; pistils 3–5-locular; ovules 10–25 per locule; styles 1(–5), terminal, erect, or stigmas sessile. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, 3–5-valved. <b>Seeds</b>: somewhat flattened laterally, asymmetrically reniform, smooth to tuberculate, funiculus develops into a long, slender strophiole. <b>x</b> = 9.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species 6 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Several species of <i>Glinus</i> have medicinal value. <i>Glinus</i> oppositifolius has been used as a vegetable in Africa, India, and the Philippines, and to treat diarrhea, boils, bilious attacks, headache, and joint pain (H. M. Burkill 1985; K. R. Kirtikar and B. D. Basu 1935; A. K. Tripathi 1988). K. M. Alikutty and N. M. Aleyas (1978) presented evidence that G. oppositifolius is toxic to cattle, when fed in large quantities.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Seeds smooth, highly glossy, 0.4-0.5 × 0.2-0.3 mm; sepal apex long-acuminate or attenuate
|[[Glinus radiatus|Glinus radiatus]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Seeds papillate, somewhat glossy or dull, 0.4-0.6 × 0.3-0.4 mm; sepal apex rounded to acute or slightly mucronate
|[[Glinus lotoides|Glinus lotoides]]
|}
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name=Glinus
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Nemallosis
|basionyms=
|family=Molluginaceae
|distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Glinus
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