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|accepted_name=Mercurialis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1035. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Mercury
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Mercurialis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Mercurialis]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin Mercurius, Roman mythological deity, and -alis, belonging to, alluding to belief that it was discovered by him
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 157, 158
|treatment_page=page 161
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual [perennial], dioecious or monoecious; hairs unbranched; latex absent. <b>Leaves</b> opposite, simple; stipules present, persistent; petiole present [absent], glands present at apex; blade unlobed, margins serrate or crenate, laminar glands absent; venation pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually unisexual, rarely bisexual, axillary, staminate elongate spikelike thyrses, pistillate and bisexual fascicles or cymules [short spikelike thyrses]; glands subtending each bract 0. <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate rudimentary or absent, pistillate present. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 3, valvate, distinct; petals 0; nectary absent; stamens 8–12(–20), distinct; pistillode absent. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals 3, distinct; petals 0; nectary 2 glands; pistil 2-carpellate; styles 2, distinct or connate basally, unbranched. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, hispid [glabrous]. <b>Seeds</b> ovoid; caruncle present. <b>x</b> = 8.</span><!--

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|distribution=Calif.;Eurasia;n Africa;Atlantic Islands (Macaronesia);introduced also in s South America;s Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand).
|discussion=<p>Species 10 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Mercurialis
|author=Lynn J. Gillespie
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|distribution=Calif.;Eurasia;n Africa;Atlantic Islands (Macaronesia);introduced also in s South America;s Africa;Pacific Islands (New Zealand).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_673.xml
|genus=Mercurialis
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