View source for Bouchetia ← Bouchetia 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=Bouchetia |accepted_authority=de Candolle ex Dunal in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Prodr. |place=13(1): 589. 1852 |year=1852 }} |common_names=Painted-tongue |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Solanaceae;Bouchetia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Solanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bouchetia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Dominique Bouchet, 1770–1845, French botanist |volume=Volume 14 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, taprooted, pubescent, hairs glandular-capitate and eglandular. <b>Stems</b> decumbent or ascending, branched near base and at distal nodes. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, sessile; blade margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or pseudoterminal, appearing axillary, solitary flowers. <b>Flowers</b> 5-merous, slightly bilaterally symmetric; calyx accrescent, oblong-campanulate, lobes 5, narrowly deltate to oblong, tightly enclosing and slightly exceeding fruit; corolla white or white tinged with lavender, slightly bilateral, funnelform, lobes broadly ovate, suborbiculate, or rhombic, apically rounded; stamens 4, sometimes plus a 5th, inserted in proximal 1/2 of corolla tube, ± didynamous; anthers basifixed, ovate, ± unequal, that of 5th stamen sometimes smaller, dehiscing by longitudinal slits; ovary 2-locular; style filiform; stigma subreniform. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, ellipsoid, (4-valved). <b>Seeds</b> prismatic, faces irregular. <b>x</b> = 8.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Texas;Mexico;Central America;South America (Argentina). |discussion=<p>Species 3 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Bouchetia |author=Alexander Krings |authority=de Candolle ex Dunal in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Solanaceae |distribution=Texas;Mexico;Central America;South America (Argentina). |reference=None |publication title=Prodr. |publication year=1852 |special status= |source xml= |genus=Bouchetia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Solanaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Solanaceae (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 Bouchetia.