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|accepted_name=Lepyrodiclis
|accepted_authority=Fenzl in S. L. Endlicher
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in S. L. Endlicher, Gen. Pl.
|place=13: 966. 1840
|year=1840
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Caryophyllaceae;Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae;Lepyrodiclis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Caryophyllaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lepyrodiclis]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek lepyron, rind or husk, and diklis, double-folding, alluding to two-valved capsule
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 4, 7
|treatment_page=page 72
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual. <b>Taproots</b> slender. <b>Stems</b> ascending to decumbent or sprawling, simple or branched, terete or angled. <b>Leaves</b> connate proximally, sessile; blade 1-veined, lanceolate or rarely elliptic, not succulent, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary and terminal, compound cymes; bracts paired, foliaceous, smaller. <b>Pedicels</b> reflexed in fruit. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth and androecium weakly perigynous; hypanthium minimal; sepals 5, distinct, green, lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, 4–5 mm, herbaceous, margins white, scarious, apex somewhat acute, not hooded; petals 5, white or pink, not clawed, blade apex entire or emarginate; nectaries at base of filaments opposite sepals; stamens 10, arising from nectariferous disc at ovary base; filaments distinct nearly to base; staminodes absent; styles 2, clavate, 3.5–4 mm, glabrous proximally; stigmas 2, subterminal, minutely roughened to papillate (50×). <b>Capsules</b> globose-ovoid, opening by 2 straight valves; carpophore absent. <b>Seeds</b> 1–2(–4), dark brown, reniform, laterally compressed, tuberculate, marginal wing absent, appendage absent. <b>x</b> = 17.</span><!--

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|distribution=c;sw Asia;introduced in Europe (Germany);Asia (Japan).
|discussion=<p>Species 3–4 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=rabeler1992a
|text=Rabeler, R. K. and R. R. Old. 1992. Lepyrodiclis holosteoides (Caryophyllaceae), “new” to North America. Madroño 39: 240–242.
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name=Lepyrodiclis
|author=Richard K. Rabeler
|authority=Fenzl in S. L. Endlicher
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Caryophyllaceae
|illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=c;sw Asia;introduced in Europe (Germany);Asia (Japan).
|introduced=true
|reference=rabeler1992a
|publication title=in S. L. Endlicher, Gen. Pl.
|publication year=1840
|special status=
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|subfamily=Caryophyllaceae subfam. Alsinoideae
|genus=Lepyrodiclis
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