View source for Telesonix ← Telesonix 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=Telesonix |accepted_authority=Rafinesque |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Fl. Tellur. |place=2: 69. 1837 , }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Telesonix |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Saxifragaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Telesonix]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek, teleos, complete, and onyx, claw, alluding to petals |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page=page 48, 120, 132 |treatment_page=page 116 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> rhizomatous, not stoloniferous; rhizome branched, scaly. <b>Flowering</b> stems erect, leafy, 3–23 cm, densely stipitate-glandular and eglandular-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> in basal rosettes and cauline; cauline reduced distally; stipules expanded from petiole base; petiole stipitate-glandular; blade usually reniform, sometimes orbiculate-cordate, sometimes lobed, base cordate, ultimate margins 1–2 times crenate, apex rounded, surfaces stipitate-glandular, adaxial surface ± smooth; venation palmate. <b>Inflorescences</b> cylindric panicles or simple cymes, terminal from terminal bud in rosette, branches 2–3-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary, bracteate. <b>Flowers</b> ± radially symmetric; hypanthium adnate to 1/4–1/2 of ovary, free from ovary 1–3.5 mm, purplish, sometimes green; sepals 5, purplish green; petals 5, crimson-purple to violet-purple; nectary tissue green, encircling base of styles at junction of ovary and free-hypanthium; stamens 10; filaments linear to subulate; ovary 1/2 inferior, 2-locular, carpels connate in proximal 1/2; placentation axile; styles 2; stigmas 2. <b>Capsules</b> 2-beaked. <b>Seeds</b> brown, oblong, smooth. <b>x</b> = 7.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=wc North America. |discussion=<p><i>Boykinia</i> Nuttall sect. <i>Telesonix</i> (Rafinesque) Gornall & Bohm</p><!-- --><p>Species 2 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Petals crimson-purple, length at least 1.75 times sepals; styles connate ca. 3/4 their lengths. |[[Telesonix jamesii|Telesonix jamesii]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Petals violet-purple, length ca. 1.3 times sepals; styles connate ca. 1/2 their lengths. |[[Telesonix heucheriformis|Telesonix heucheriformis]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Telesonix |author=Richard J. Gornall |authority=Rafinesque |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Saxifragaceae |illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=wc North America. |reference=None |publication title=Fl. Tellur. |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_231.xml |genus=Telesonix }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Saxifragaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Saxifragaceae (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 Telesonix.