View source for Heimia ← Heimia 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=Heimia |accepted_authority=Link |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. |place=2: 3. 1822 |year=1822 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Lythraceae;Heimia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lythraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Heimia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Ernst Ludwig Heim, 1747–1834, medical doctor in Berlin renowned for establishing sanitary health practices and said to have introduced Alexander von Humboldt to botany |volume=Volume 10 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or subshrubs, terrestrial, 5–30 dm, glabrous throughout. <b>Stems</b> erect, sparsely branched. <b>Leaves</b> opposite to subopposite; sessile or subsessile [petiolate]; blade lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, base narrowly attenuate. <b>Inflorescences</b> indeterminate, axillary, leafy racemes. <b>Flowers</b> sessile or subsessile, actinomorphic, monostylous; floral tube perigynous, campanulate to turbinate; epicalyx segments equal to or longer than sepals; sepals (5 or)6, 1/3–1/2 floral tube length; petals caducous, (5 or)6, bright yellow; nectary absent; stamens (10 or)12(–24); ovary (3 or)4(–6)-locular; placenta globose; style slender; stigma capitate. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, walls thin and dry, dehiscence loculicidal. <b>Seeds</b> 200+, subpyramidal and elongate; cotyledons ± complanate.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Texas;Mexico;South America;introduced in West Indies;Central America. |discussion=<p>Species 1–3 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Heimia |author=Shirley A. Graham |authority=Link |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Lythraceae |distribution=Texas;Mexico;South America;introduced in West Indies;Central America. |reference=None |publication title=Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. |publication year=1822 |special status= |source xml=https://xjsachs2@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/1f4bf54ae2f7dbd5376c45b4fe1b388e15b53086/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V10/V10_533.xml |genus=Heimia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Lythraceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Lythraceae (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 Heimia.