View source for Cichorium ← Cichorium 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=Cichorium |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 813. 1753 |year=1753 }}{{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 354. 1754 |year=1754 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Cichorium |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cichorium]]</div></div> |etymology=Ancient Arabic name |volume=Volume 19 |mention_page=page 218 |treatment_page=page 221 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials </b>[annuals, biennials], [2–]10–120+ cm; taprooted. <b>Stems</b> usually 1, erect, branched distally or throughout, setose or hispid to pilose, or glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; usually sessile; basal blades oblanceolate to lance-linear, margins usually runcinate-pinnate to dentate, rarely entire; cauline similar, smaller, margins dentate or entire. <b>Heads</b> mostly in glomerules (axillary and nearly sessile), some borne singly (on ± elongate peduncles). <b>Peduncles</b> (dimorphic: most 0–2 mm, some 12–85+ mm): the longer often slightly inflated distally, not bracteate. <b>Calyculi</b> 0 (or interpreted as outer phyllaries). <b>Involucres</b> ± cylindric, 3–5+ mm diam. <b>Phyllaries</b> 10–15+ in 2+ series, lance-ovate to lanceolate or linear, unequal, margins little, if at all, scarious, apices obtuse to acute. <b>Receptacles</b> flat, pitted, ± hispid, usually epaleate. <b>Florets</b> 8–25+; corollas usually blue [purple], sometimes pink or white. <b>Cypselae</b> brownish, ± prismatic (3–5-angled), not beaked, faces smooth, glabrous; pappi persistent, coroniform (of 40–60+, whitish, subequal, erose scales in 1–2 series). <b>x</b> = 9.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Europe;n Africa;Asia;introduced also in South America;Africa;Pacific Old World. |discussion=<p>Species 6 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>The salad green known as endive (Cichorium endivia Linnaeus) may sometimes be found as an escape from gardens or agricultural plantings. It differs from C. intybus in having purple corollas, cypselae 1.5–2.5 mm, and pappi 0.6–1+ mm.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Cichorium |author=John L. Strother |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Asteraceae |illustrator=Barbara Alongi |distribution=Europe;n Africa;Asia;introduced also in South America;Africa;Pacific Old World. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V19_272.xml |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae |genus=Cichorium }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Asteraceae (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 Cichorium. Facts... more about "Cichorium"RDF feedAuthorJohn L. Strother +AuthorityLinnaeus +DistributionEurope +, n Africa +, Asia +, introduced also in South America +, Africa + and Pacific Old World. +EtymologyAncient Arabic name +IllustratorBarbara Alongi +Introducedtrue +Number of lower taxa1 +Publication titleSp. Pl. + and Gen. Pl. ed. +Publication year1753 + and 1754 +ReferenceNone +Source xmlhttps://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse grained fna xml/V19-20-21/V19 272.xml +SynonymsUndefined tribe Lactuceae +Taxon familyAsteraceae +Taxon nameCichorium +Taxon parentAsteraceae tribe Cichorieae +Taxon rankgenus +VolumeVolume 19 +