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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-d0_s0" data-properties="herb duration;herb arrangement or shape;herb pubescence"><b>Herbs,</b> annual, stellate, pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>prostrate to ascending, branching from base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>alternate or whorled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stipule count">stipules absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, cymose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="cyme density;cyme size">cymes dense, reduced.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>sessile or short pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="sepal duration;sepal count;sepal fusion;sepal pubescence">sepals persistent, 5, basally connate, abaxially stellate-pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="petal count">petals absent (or 5–20);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen atypical count;stamen atypical count;stamen count;stamen arrangement;stamen fusion;stamen architecture or arrangement">stamens (3–) 5 (–20), alternate with sepals, distinct or fascicled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pistil architecture or structure in adjective form">pistils 3–5-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="ovule count">ovules 10–25 per locule;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="style atypical count;style count;style position or structure subtype;style orientation;stigma architecture">styles 1 (–5), terminal, erect, or stigmas sessile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit architecture"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, 3–5-valved.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed shape;seed shape;seed relief;seed relief;seed relief;slender strophiole length or size"><b>Seeds:</b> somewhat flattened laterally, asymmetrically reniform, smooth to tuberculate, funiculus develops into a long, slender strophiole.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="x chromosome count">x = 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 Glinus have medicinal value. Glinus 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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|-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
|cyme density=dense
|cyme size=reduced
|flower architecture=pedicellate;short;sessile
|fruit architecture=3-5-valved;capsular
|herb arrangement or shape=stellate
|herb duration=annual
|herb pubescence=pubescent
|inflorescence architecture=cymose
|inflorescence position=axillary
|leaf arrangement=whorled;alternate
|ovule count=10;25
|petal count=absent
|pistil architecture or structure in adjective form=3-5-locular
|seed relief=smooth;tuberculate
|seed shape=reniform;flattened
|sepal count=5
|sepal duration=persistent
|sepal fusion=connate
|sepal pubescence=stellate-pubescent
|slender strophiole length or size=long
|stamen architecture or arrangement=fascicled
|stamen arrangement=alternate
|stamen atypical count=5;20
|stamen count=5
|stamen fusion=distinct
|stem architecture=branching
|stem orientation=prostrate;ascending
|stigma architecture=sessile
|stipule count=absent
|style atypical count=1;5
|style count=1
|style orientation=erect
|style position or structure subtype=terminal
|x chromosome count=9
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