View source for Sarcodes ← Sarcodes 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=Sarcodes |accepted_authority=Torrey |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Proc. Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. |place=4: 193. 1851 , }} |common_names=Greek sarkos;flesh;and |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae;Sarcodes |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sarcodes]]</div></div> |etymology=odes, resemblance, alluding to red, fleshlike appearance of inflorescence |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 373 |treatment_page=page 390 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> achlorophyllous, heterotrophic. <b>Stems</b> absent. <b>Leaves</b> absent. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemes, erect at emergence from soil, axis fleshy and fibrous, persistent after seed dispersal, bright red to dark orange, 2–10 cm diam. proximal to proximalmost flower. <b>Pedicels</b> perpendicular to inflorescence axis, often more erect in fruit; bracteoles absent. <b>Flowers</b> radially symmetric, horizontal; sepals 5, distinct, lanceolate-ovate; petals 5, connate, red, without basal tubercles, (surfaces glabrous), corolla campanulate; intrastaminal nectary disc present; stamens 10, included; filaments broader proximally than distally, glabrous; anthers elongate, without awns, without tubules, dehiscent by 2 terminal, porelike slits; pistil 5-carpellate; ovary 5-locular; placentation axile; style straight, stout; stigma subcapitate, without subtending ring of hairs. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, horizontal to erect, indehiscent to irregularly breaking apart, no cobwebby tissue exposed by splitting valves at dehiscence. <b>Seeds</b> 100+, ovoid, not winged. <b>x</b> = 32.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=w United States;nw Mexico. |discussion=<p>Species 1: w United States, nw Mexico.</p><!-- --><p>Species 1</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Sarcodes |author=Gary D. Wallace |authority=Torrey |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Ericaceae |distribution=w United States;nw Mexico. |reference=None |publication title=Proc. Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_736.xml |subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae |genus=Sarcodes }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Ericaceae (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 Sarcodes.