View source for Lilaea ← Lilaea 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=Lilaea |accepted_authority=Bonpland in A. von Humboldt and A. J. Bonpland |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in A. von Humboldt and A. J. Bonpland,Plantae Aequinoctiales |place=1: 221. 1808 |year=1808 }} |common_names=Flowering-quillwort |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Juncaginaceae;Lilaea |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Juncaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lilaea]]</div></div> |etymology=for French botanist Alire Raffeneau-Delile, 1778–1850 |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual. <b>Roots</b> without terminal tubers. <b>Rhizomes</b> slender, short. <b>Leaves</b> erect, terete, with aerenchyma tissue; sheath with ligule free. <b>Inflorescences</b> both scapose and sessile; spikelike racemes or solitary flowers; scapes shorter than leaves, terminated by spikes; spikes racemes with pistillate flowers near base, bisexual medially, staminate proximally; sessile inflorescences 2 or more, with solitary flowers pistillate flower only, 2 or more, sessile. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual and unisexual, to 5 types, sessile; tepals 0–1, green, linear; stamens 0–1; anthers sessile; pistils 1; ovules 1. <b>Bisexual</b> and staminate flowers: tepal present. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: tepal present, style 0.5–2 mm or tepal absent, style 0.2–30 cm. <b>Fruits</b> nutlets, angular, beaked.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Central America;South America. |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Lilaea |authority=Bonpland in A. von Humboldt and A. J. Bonpland |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Juncaginaceae |distribution=North America;Central America;South America. |reference=None |publication title=in A. von Humboldt and A. J. Bonpland,Plantae Aequinoctiales |publication year=1808 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_569.xml |genus=Lilaea }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Juncaginaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Juncaginaceae (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 Lilaea.