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|accepted_name=Tripterocalyx micranthus
|accepted_authority=(Torrey) Hooker
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc.
|place=5: 261. 1853
|year=1853
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Abronia micrantha
|authority=Torrey
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Nyctaginaceae;Tripterocalyx;Tripterocalyx micranthus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Nyctaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tripterocalyx]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tripterocalyx micranthus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 70
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem coloration;stem pubescence;stem coating"><b>Stems </b>reddish, glandular-pubescent, ± viscid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="petiole some measurement"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole 1–4 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade length;blade width;margin shape;margin shape;margin architecture or pubescence or shape">blade lanceovate to elliptic, 1–6 × 0.5–2.5 cm, margins entire or sinuate, ciliate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="surface height or length or size;surface pubescence;surface coating;abaxial surface coloration;abaxial surface pubescence;adaxial surface coloration">surfaces short glandular-pubescent, ± viscid, abaxial surface green or glaucous, adaxial surface green.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>5–15-flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bract shape;bract shape;bract shape;bract length;bract width;bract width;bract coloration;bract texture;base shape;margin pubescence;margin pubescence;margin pubescence;margin pubescence;margin pubescence;margin pubescence;margin pubescence;margin pubescence;margin pubescence">bracts lanceolate to ovate, 3–9 × 1–3 mm, thin and green or ± papery, base ± attenuate, margins glandular-puberulent, often ciliate, or glabrate to lightly glandular-puberulent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="tube coloration;tube coloration;tube coloration;tube some measurement;limb coloration;limb coloration;limb coloration;limb diameter;lobe prominence"><b>Perianth:</b> tube greenish to pink, 6–18 mm, limb greenish to pink, 3–5 mm diam., lobes inconspicuous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="fruit shape;fruit shape;fruit shape;fruit length;fruit width;wall texture;wall texture;wall relief;wall relief;wall relief"><b>Fruits </b>oval to round in profile, 10–20 × 10–20 mm, walls ± spongy on exterior, indurate on interior, ± smooth to rugose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="lateral rib prominence">lateral ribs, if extending into wings, only slightly raised;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="wing atypical count;wing atypical count;wing count">wings (2–) 3 (–4).</span><!--

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|habitat=Sandy soils, desert scrub, desert grasslands
|elevation=800-2400 m
|distribution=Alta.;Sask.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Kans.;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>The names Abronia cycloptera A. Gray and Tripterocalyx cyclopterus (A. Gray) Standley are illegitimate, based on an attempt by Gray to rename A. micrantha Torrey. Gray believed A. micrantha to be a “precociously fertilized state” of what is here recognized at T. carneus.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Tripterocalyx micranthus
|author=
|authority=(Torrey) Hooker
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Abronia micrantha
|family=Nyctaginaceae
|habitat=Sandy soils, desert scrub, desert grasslands
|elevation=800-2400 m
|distribution=Alta.;Sask.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Kans.;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc.
|publication year=1853
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V4/V4_146.xml
|genus=Tripterocalyx
|species=Tripterocalyx micranthus
|abaxial surface coloration=green
|abaxial surface pubescence=glaucous
|adaxial surface coloration=green
|base shape=attenuate
|blade length=1cm;6cm
|blade shape=lanceovate;elliptic
|blade width=0.5cm;2.5cm
|bract coloration=green
|bract length=3mm;9mm
|bract shape=lanceolate;ovate
|bract texture=papery
|bract width=thin;1mm;3mm
|fruit length=10mm;20mm
|fruit shape=oval;round
|fruit width=10mm;20mm
|inflorescence architecture=5-15-flowered
|lateral rib prominence=raised
|limb coloration=greenish;pink
|limb diameter=3mm;5mm
|lobe prominence=inconspicuous
|margin architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate
|margin pubescence=glabrate;lightly glandular-puberulent
|margin shape=sinuate;entire
|petiole some measurement=1cm;4cm
|stem coating=viscid
|stem coloration=reddish
|stem pubescence=glandular-pubescent
|surface coating=viscid
|surface height or length or size=short
|surface pubescence=glandular-pubescent
|tube coloration=greenish;pink
|tube some measurement=6mm;18mm
|wall relief=less smooth;rugose
|wall texture=indurate;spongy
|wing atypical count=3;4
|wing count=3
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