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|accepted_name=Oligomeris
|accepted_authority=Cambessèdes in V. Jacquemont
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in V. Jacquemont, Voy. Inde
|place=4(Bot.): 23. 1839
|year=1839
}}
|common_names=Whitepuff
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Resedaceae;Oligomeris
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Resedaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Oligomeris]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek oligos, few, and meros, part, alluding to fewer stamens and petals than in other genera of family
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 190
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual [biennial], or perennial. <b>Stems</b> erect to ascending, branched basally. <b>Leaves</b> not rosulate; alternate (sometimes fasciculate); petiolate, petiole shorter than blade, winged; blade margins usually entire, sometimes toothed near base, teeth 1–2, hyaline. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually dense spikes (or spikelke racemes). <b>Pedicels</b> absent or nearly so. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals persistent, 2–4(–5), distinct, equal; petals 2–3[–5], distinct or basally connate, margins entire or shallowly incised; intrastaminal nectary-discs absent; stamens 3–4[–10]; filaments persistent, distinct or basally connate; ovaries 4(–5)-carpelled. <b>Capsules</b> erect, angled, subglobose to obovoid, walls membranous. <b>Seeds</b> smooth (glossy). <b>x</b> = 15.</span><!--

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|distribution=sw North America;n Mexico;sw;c Asia;n;s Africa;n Atlantic Islands.
|discussion=<p>Species 3 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Molecular research has shown that <i>Oligomeris</i> is a monophyletic group nested within <i>Reseda</i> in tribe Resedeae and sister to <i>Reseda</i> sect. Glaucoreseda (S. Martín-Bravo et al. 2007). Nonetheless, it seems preferable to maintain the genus; it has clear-cut diagnostic morphological characteristics. Hyaline teeth at the base of the leaves may be vestiges of a laminar segmentation of the leaves (F. Weberling 1968); some have interpreted the teeth as stipular.</p>
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name=Oligomeris
|author=
|authority=Cambessèdes in V. Jacquemont
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Resedaceae
|distribution=sw North America;n Mexico;sw;c Asia;n;s Africa;n Atlantic Islands.
|reference=None
|publication title=in V. Jacquemont, Voy. Inde
|publication year=1839
|special status=
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|genus=Oligomeris
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