View source for Misopates ← Misopates 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=Misopates |accepted_authority=Rafinesque |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Autik. Bot., |place=158. 1840 |year=1840 }} |special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status |code=I |label=Introduced }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Misopates |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Misopates]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek plant name used by Dioscorides; probably misos, to hate, and pateo, to trample, alluding to erect stems (in contrast to low lying habit of Orontium aquaticum) |volume=Volume 17 |mention_page=page 12, 13 |treatment_page=page 36 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual. <b>Stems</b> ascending or erect, glandular-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, opposite proximally, alternate distally; petiole absent; blade not fleshy, not leathery, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, racemes; bracts present. <b>Pedicels</b> present; bracteoles absent. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual; sepals 5, basally connate, calyx bilaterally symmetric, short-cupulate, lobes linear, usually longer than corolla tube in flower; corolla pink or purple with darker veins, rarely white, bilaterally symmetric, bilabiate and personate, cylindric or urceolate, 10–15 mm, tube base gibbous abaxially, not spurred, lobes 5, abaxial 3, adaxial 2; stamens 4, basally adnate to corolla, didynamous, filaments glabrous; staminode 1, lingulate; ovary 2-locular, placentation axile; stigma capitate. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, (5–)7–11 mm, dehiscence poricidal (adaxial locule, smaller adaxial locule sometimes indehiscent). <b>Seeds</b> 200–250, dark brown, angled to obovoid, wings present. <b>x</b> = 8.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=s Europe;Asia;n Africa;introduced also in South America;s Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia. |discussion=<p>Species 7 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Using molecular data, P. Vargas et al. (2004) and M. Fernández-Mazuecos et al. (2013) found Misopates to be monophyletic and sister to the Old World genera Acanthorrhinum Rothmaler and Pseudomisopates Güemes. Misopates is distinguished from related genera in the flora area by its annual habit, calyx lobes usually longer than the corolla tubes, and capsules with unequal locules.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Misopates |author=Craig C. Freeman |authority=Rafinesque |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Plantaginaceae |distribution=s Europe;Asia;n Africa;introduced also in South America;s Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Autik. Bot., |publication year=1840 |special status=Introduced |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_120.xml |genus=Misopates }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Plantaginaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Plantaginaceae (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/ID/Special status (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Misopates.