View source for Microstachys corniculata

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|accepted_name=Microstachys corniculata
|accepted_authority=(Vahl) A. Jussieu ex Grisebach
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Brit. W. I.,
|place=49. 1859
|year=1859
}}
|common_names=Hato tejas
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tragia corniculata
|authority=Vahl
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sebastiania corniculata
|authority=(Vahl) Müller Arg.
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Stillingia corniculata
|authority=(Vahl) Baillon
}}
|hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Microstachys;Microstachys corniculata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Microstachys]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Microstachys corniculata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 229
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> to 0.5 m, sparsely to moderately hirsute. <b>Stems</b> erect. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules triangular to rounded, 0.2–0.4 mm; petiole 0.1–1.5 cm; blade 2–4.5 × 0.3–2 cm, base cuneate to cordate, margins serrulate with proximal teeth occasionally replaced by orbicular glands, apex acute to acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b>: staminate portion on peduncle 1–2 mm, fertile part 0.5–1.5 cm, to 15 bracts and cymules, flowers 1–3 per bract; pistillate portion with 1 flower; bracts triangular, 0.2 mm, subtended by 2 stipitate glands to 0.2 mm diam. <b>Pedicels</b> 0–0.2 mm, pistillate to 1 mm in fruit. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals red-purple to greenish yellow, ovate, 0.3–0.5 mm; stamens yellow; filaments 0.2–0.3; anthers 0.2 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers green; sepals ovate, 0.2–0.5 mm; ovary bearing short horned appendages; styles 0.3–0.6 mm. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose, 3–4 mm diam.; horned appendages 2–3 per valve, to 1 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 3 × 2 mm; seed coat brown, warty; caruncle discoid, 0.5–0.8 mm diam., stipitate on projection of seed coat.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Dry, disturbed sandhills.
|elevation=0–40 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p><i>Microstachys corniculata</i> is a weedy species that is adventive and becoming established in Hillsborough County. It has the potential to become broadly naturalized across subtropical parts of the United States. Because this species is widespread in the West Indies, including Cuba, a 1906 collection from Key West may represent a native occurrence.</p>
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name=Microstachys corniculata
|author=
|authority=(Vahl) A. Jussieu ex Grisebach
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Sebastiania corniculata;Stillingia corniculata
|basionyms=Tragia corniculata
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Dry, disturbed sandhills.
|elevation=0–40 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Brit. W. I.,
|publication year=1859
|special status=Introduced;Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_51.xml
|genus=Microstachys
|species=Microstachys corniculata
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