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|accepted_name=Bassia
|accepted_authority=Allioni
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mélanges Philos. Math. Soc. Roy. Turin
|place=3: 177. 1766
|year=1766
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Bassia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bassia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For F. Bassi, 1710–1774, Italian naturalist
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 261, 265
|treatment_page=page 309
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, ± densely pubescent. <b>Stems</b> erect, semierect, ascending, or prostrate, branched or simple, not jointed, not armed, not fleshy. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, sessile (or sometimes narrowed to pseudopetiole); blade linear, lanceolate, or lanceolate-elliptic, flat or semiterete (semicylindric in transverse section; ± fleshy), base cuneate, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal spikes, flowers [1–]2–3 in axils. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual, sessile, ebracteolate; perianth segments 5, ± hirsute or pubescent, rarely glabrous, at maturity with spiniform, hooked, or conic appendages; stamens 5; styles and stigmas 2(–3). <b>Fruiting</b> structures: fruiting bracts absent; achenes ovate-compressed; pericarp free, membranous. <b>Seeds</b> horizontal, lenticular; seed coat brownish, smooth; embryo annular; perisperm copious. <b>x</b> = 9.</span><!--

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|distribution=Asia;Europe;Africa.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 10 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Bassia</i> occurs primarily in steppe and desert zones. A. J. Scott (1978) circumscribed <i>Bassia</i> in a very broad sense, including <i>Kochia</i> and some other genera. Only one section of <i>Kochia</i> is somewhat transitional towards <i>Bassia</i> (see comments in the treatment of <i>Kochia</i>). The present treatment follows the traditional concepts of <i>Bassia</i> and <i>Kochia</i>.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=collins1979a
|text=Collins, S. L. and W. H. Blackwell. 1979. Bassia (Chenopodiaceae) in North America. Sida 8: 57–64.
}}
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blades flat, lanceolate-elliptic, lanceolate, or linear; all perianth segments at maturity with thin, hooked spine adaxially; inflorescence axis ± straight
|[[Bassia hyssopifolia|Bassia hyssopifolia]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blades semiterete, linear or filiform; (2-)3(-4) perianth segments at maturity with conic nonhooked appendages adaxially, other segments ± unappendaged; inflorescence axis flex- uous
|[[Bassia hirsuta|Bassia hirsuta]]
|}
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name=Bassia
|author=Sergei L. Mosyakin
|authority=Allioni
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Chenopodiaceae
|illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
|distribution=Asia;Europe;Africa.
|introduced=true
|reference=collins1979a
|publication title=Mélanges Philos. Math. Soc. Roy. Turin
|publication year=1766
|special status=
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|genus=Bassia
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