View source for Batis ← Batis 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=Batis |accepted_authority=P. Browne |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica, |place=356. 1756 |year=1756 }} |common_names=Saltwort |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Bataceae;Batis |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Bataceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Batis]]</div></div> |etymology=probably from Greek via Latin for another coastal plant, or possibly Greek batos, bramble |volume=Volume 7 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 187 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>relatively low, sprawling. <b>Leaf</b> blades obovoid to oblanceoloid. <b>Spikes</b> subsessile, ellipsoid, subglobose, or turbinate [lax, bracteate, flowers solitary]. <b>Flowers</b> anemophilous; filaments slender, or sometimes winged; anthers versatile, dorsifixed; stigmas sessile, papillate. <b>Syncarps</b> each with 1–4 seeds (pyrenes). <b>Seeds</b> narrow, flattened; coats thin. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=s North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands;Hawaii;s New Guinea);Australia. |discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p><i>Batis</i> argillicola P. Royen occurs along the coasts of southern New Guinea and northern Australia. It differs from <i>B. maritima</i> in being monoecious and having solitary flowers, shorter leaves, tepals of staminate flowers each with one vascular bundle and a tapered base, and winged filaments. Wood anatomy and habit of the two species are similar. There was an earlier dubious chromosome count of x = 9.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Batis |authority=P. Browne |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Bataceae |distribution=s North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands;Hawaii;s New Guinea);Australia. |reference=None |publication title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica, |publication year=1756 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V7/V7_240.xml |genus=Batis }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Bataceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Bataceae (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 Batis.