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|accepted_name=Thesium
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 207. 1753
|year=1753
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Thesiaceae;Thesium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Thesiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Thesium]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek thes, laboring servant, alluding to simple appearance
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 413
|treatment_page=page 415
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>[shrubs], perennial [annual], synoecious [dioecious]. <b>Stems</b> erect, hairy [glabrous]. <b>Leaves</b> alternate [opposite]. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemelike [spikelike] thyrses; flowers subtended by bract and 2 bracteoles [bract absent]. <b>Pedicels</b> absent [present]. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual [unisexual]; hypanthium adnate to ovary proximally, free distally; sepals 0 [present as small lobes or glands]; petals (4–)5, post-staminal hairs present; nectary lining hypanthium; stamens (4–)5; ovules 2–3 per locule; stigma capitate. <b>Pseudodrupes</b>: exocarp leathery; pedicel enlarging and becoming fleshy; hypanthium and petals persistent. <b>x</b> = 6–9.</span><!--

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|distribution=nearly worldwide.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 366 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Thesium</i> is closely related to the South African endemic Osyridocarpos A. de Candolle (J. P. Der and D. L. Nickrent 2008). For this reason and because Africa contains the highest species diversity, this region can be assumed to be the center of origin for <i>Thesium</i>.</p>
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name=Thesium
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Thesiaceae
|distribution=nearly worldwide.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Thesium
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