View source for Hemiscola ← Hemiscola You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Hemiscola |accepted_authority=Rafinesque |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sylva Tellur., |place=111. 1838 |year=1838 }} |common_names=Spiderflower |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Cleomaceae;Hemiscola |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cleomaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hemiscola]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek, hemi- , half, and skolios, curved, alluding to seed shape |volume=Volume 7 |mention_page=page 195, 199, 200, 215 |treatment_page=page 220 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual [perennial]. <b>Stems</b> (sometimes ± procumbent, weak), sparsely to moderately (or delicately) branched; glabrous or glandular-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b>: stipular spines present (recurved); petiole with pulvinus basally or distally; leaflets (1 or)3. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or axillary (from distal leaves), racemes (flat-topped or elongated); bracts present. <b>Flowers</b> (often appearing unisexual due to incomplete development), zygomorphic; sepals persistent or deciduous, distinct, equal (each often subtending a nectary); petals oblong to ovate, equal; stamens 6; filaments inserted on a discoid or conical gynophore, glabrous; anthers (ellipsoid to linear), coiling as pollen is released; gynophore reflexed in fruit. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, dehiscent, fusiform to linear-cylindric. <b>Seeds</b> 10–20, oblong or obovoid, prominently arillate, (cleft fused between ends). <b>x</b> = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Mexico;Central America;South America (south to Argentina). |discussion=<p>species 6 (2 in the flora)</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaflet blade lanceolate-elliptic to ovate or rhombic; sepals lanceolate; anthers 2.5-4 mm; capsules (15-)25-40(-65) mm. |[[Hemiscola aculeata|Hemiscola aculeata]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaflet blade obovate; sepals ovate; anthers 0.3-0.5 mm; capsules 15-20 mm. |[[Hemiscola diffusa|Hemiscola diffusa]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Hemiscola |author=Gordon C. Tucker;Hugh H. Iltis |authority=Rafinesque |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Cleomaceae |distribution=Mexico;Central America;South America (south to Argentina). |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sylva Tellur., |publication year=1838 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V7/V7_308.xml |genus=Hemiscola }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Cleomaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Cleomaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Hemiscola.