View source for Aspicarpa ← Aspicarpa 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=Aspicarpa |accepted_authority=Richard |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. |place=2: 396, plate 13. 1815 |year=1815 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Malpighiaceae;Aspicarpa |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malpighiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aspicarpa]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek aspis, shield, and karpos, fruit, alluding to shape of nutlet of A. hirtella in abaxial view |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 355, 356 |treatment_page=page 363 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>or subshrubs, perennial, non-twining, base woody. <b>Leaves</b> eglandular; stipules interpetiolar, distinct. <b>Inflorescences</b> of chasmogamous flowers terminal, several-flowered umbels or corymbs, or axillary single flowers; of cleistogamous flowers axillary, clusters or single flowers. <b>Pedicels</b> of chasmogamous flowers raised on peduncles, of cleistogamous flowers ± sessile. <b>Flowers</b> chasmogamous and cleistogamous [all chasmogamous]. <b>Chasmogamous</b> flowers 6+ mm diam., showy with visible petals, stamens, and styles; calyx glands 8 or 10 (sepals all 2-glandular or anterior eglandular); corollas bilaterally symmetric, petals carrot yellow or lemon yellow, outermost sometimes with red blotch, glabrous; stamens 5, 3 fertile, opposite anterior and posterior-lateral sepals, 2 staminodial opposite anterior-lateral sepals, (staminodial filaments shorter to somewhat longer than those of fertile stamens), [all fertile]; fertile anthers subequal, staminodial anthers rudimentary; pistil 3-carpellate, carpels nearly distinct in ovary; styles 1(–2)[–3], 1 on anterior carpel, 2d style occasionally on 1 posterior carpel, cylindric; stigmas terminal, capitate or truncate, large. <b>Cleistogamous</b> flowers to 1.5 mm diam., without visible petals, stamens, or styles; calyx glands 0; petals 0 or 1–2, rudimentary; stamens represented by 1–2 minute sessile anthers; pistil 2-carpellate, carpels nearly distinct in ovary; style 0 or 1, rudimentary. <b>Fruits</b> schizocarps, breaking into nutlets (3 in chasmogamous flowers, 2 in cleistogamous flowers); nutlets unwinged, bearing dorsal crest and often narrower lateral crest around periphery; wall thick, tough. <b>x</b> = 40.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=sw United States;Mexico;South America. |discussion=<p>Species 9 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p><i>Aspicarpa</i> comprises three species in Mexico, with two of those in the flora area, and six species in South America south of the Amazon valley.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Chasmogamous flowers in (2–)4(–7)-flowered umbels, occasionally corymbs, terminating leafy shoots; petals carrot yellow; plants erect or decumbent with branches ascending; blades of larger leaves 6–23 mm wide, length 1.3–2.5 times width; staminodes equaling or longer than fertile stamens, surpassing sepals; nutlet with dorsal crest entire. |[[Aspicarpa hirtella|Aspicarpa hirtella]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Chasmogamous flowers borne singly in axils of full-sized leaves; petals lemon yellow, outermost sometimes with red blotch; plants erect or spreading-ascending; blades of larger leaves 2–8 mm wide, length (2.2–)2.7–7(–8.3) times width; staminodes shorter than fertile stamens, ± hidden by sepals; nutlet with dorsal crest coarsely toothed. |[[Aspicarpa hyssopifolia|Aspicarpa hyssopifolia]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Aspicarpa |author= |authority=Richard |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Malpighiaceae |distribution=sw United States;Mexico;South America. |reference=None |publication title=Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. |publication year=1815 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_92.xml |genus=Aspicarpa }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Malpighiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Malpighiaceae (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 Aspicarpa.