View source for Caperonia ← Caperonia 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=Caperonia |accepted_authority=A. St.-Hilaire |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Hist. Pl. Remarq. Brésil |place=3/4: 244. 1825 |year=1825 }} |common_names=False croton |special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status |code=I |label=Introduced }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Euphorbiaceae;Caperonia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Euphorbiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Caperonia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Natalis (Noël) Caperon or Capperon, d. 1572, apothecary of Orleans |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 157, 159 |treatment_page=page 179 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>[subshrubs], annual [perennial], monoecious [rarely dioecious]; hairs unbranched, sometimes glandular; latex absent. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, simple; stipules present, persistent; petiole present, glands absent; blade unlobed, margins serrate, laminar glands absent; venation pinnate or weakly palmate at base, pinnate distally, secondary veins straight, closely spaced, and parallel [arched, moderately spaced]. <b>Inflorescences</b> bisexual (pistillate flowers proximal, staminate distal) [unisexual], axillary, spikes or racemes; glands subtending each bract 0. <b>Pedicels</b> present or absent. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5, valvate, connate basally; petals 5, distinct, adnate to base of staminal column, white; nectary absent; stamens 10, in 2 whorls, connate basally; pistillode present, at top of staminal column. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals persistent, often enlarging in fruit, 5–8(–10), connate basally, unequal, small outer lobes often present alternating with larger lobes; petals 5(–6) [often rudimentary], distinct, white; nectary absent; pistil 3-carpellate; styles 3, connate basally [distinct], deeply multifid, branches [9–]12–21 per flower. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, densely muricate. <b>Seeds</b> subglobose; caruncle absent. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Africa;introduced also in Pacific Islands (Guam). |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 34 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Plants without glandular hairs. |[[Caperonia castaneifolia|Caperonia castaneifolia]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Plants with coarse gland-tipped hairs (especially abundant on stems and petioles). |[[Caperonia palustris|Caperonia palustris]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Caperonia |author=Lynn J. Gillespie |authority=A. St.-Hilaire |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Euphorbiaceae |distribution=Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Africa;introduced also in Pacific Islands (Guam). |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Hist. Pl. Remarq. Brésil |publication year=1825 |special status=Introduced |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_506.xml |genus=Caperonia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Euphorbiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Euphorbiaceae (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 Caperonia.