View source for Hemitomes ← Hemitomes 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=Hemitomes |accepted_authority=A. Gray in War Department [U.S.] |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep. |place=6(3): 80, plate 12. 1858 , }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae;Hemitomes |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>[[Hemitomes]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek hemitomias, half eunuch, alluding to presumed sterility of one anther sac |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 373 |treatment_page=page 395 }}<!-- --><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 or cymes, erect at emergence from soil, axis fleshy but not fibrous, usually not persistent after seed dispersal, pink to cream, 1–4 cm diam. proximal to proximalmost flower. <b>Pedicels</b> erect, somewhat elongate in fruit; bracteoles absent. <b>Flowers</b> radially symmetric, erect; sepals absent or 2–4(–5), distinct, lateral pair clasping corolla, canoe-shaped, other pair appressed to corolla, flattened; petals 4(–5), connate, cream to pink, without basal tubercles, (abaxial surfaces glabrous, adaxial surfaces densely hairy), corolla tubular-campanulate; intrastaminal nectary disc present; stamens 8(–10), included; filaments ± uniformly slender, hairy; anthers elongate, without awns, without tubules, dehiscent by 2 elongate, gaping slits, sacs not connate; pistil 5-carpellate; ovary 1-locular; placentation intruded-parietal; style straight, stout; stigma umbilicate, subtended by ring of hairs. <b>Fruits</b> baccate, erect, (fleshy), indehiscent, (axis fleshy). <b>Seeds</b> 25–100, ovoid, not winged. <b>x</b> = 52.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=w North America. |discussion=<p>Species 1: w North America.</p><!-- --><p>Species 1</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Hemitomes |author=Gary D. Wallace |authority=A. Gray in War Department [U.S.] |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Ericaceae |distribution=w North America. |reference=None |publication title=in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep. |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_747.xml |subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae |genus=Hemitomes }}<!-- -->[[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 Hemitomes.