View source for Cevallia ← Cevallia 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=Cevallia |accepted_authority=Lagasca |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Varied. Ci. |place=2(4): 35. 1805 |year=1805 }} |common_names=Stingleaf or stinging serpent |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Loasaceae;Cevallia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Loasaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cevallia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Pedro Cevallos, 1760–1840, Spanish statesman and diplomat |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 493, 544 |treatment_page=page 492 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>or subshrubs, perennial; trichomes (1) pointed with surfaces ± smooth, knobby, or notched, (2) retrorsely barbed along shaft and at apex, (3) dendritic, and (4) stinging. <b>Stems</b> erect, sometimes becoming decumbent. <b>Leaves</b> cauline; petiole present or absent; blade ovate-elliptic, lobed, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> headlike thyrses; peduncle to 1 dm. <b>Pedicels</b> not elongating in fruit. <b>Flowers</b>: hypanthium adnate to ovary proximally, free distally; perianth whorls similar; sepals white to yellowish abaxially, yellow adaxially, distinct, linear-lanceolate, longer than petals; petals white to yellowish abaxially, yellow adaxially, distinct, linear-lanceolate, spreading, both surfaces densely hairy; nectary absent; stamens 5, included; filaments monomorphic, dorsiventrally flattened, linear, shorter than anthers; anthers with distal connective extension; staminodes absent; pistil pseudomonomerous, placenta subapical; stigma ovoid, 3–5-lobed, densely hairy. <b>Fruits</b> cypselae, urceolate-ovoid, straight; sepals and petals persistent. <b>Seeds</b> 1, ovoid. <b>x</b> = 7.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=sw United States;n Mexico. |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!-- --><p>In subfam. Gronovioideae, <i>Cevallia</i> is sister to a clade consisting of Fuertesia and Gronovia.</p><!-- --><p>The distinctive stamens, which have inflated, tonguelike extensions beyond the pollen sacs, are unique in the family.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Cevallia |author=Larry Hufford |authority=Lagasca |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Loasaceae |distribution=sw United States;n Mexico. |reference=None |publication title=Varied. Ci. |publication year=1805 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_188.xml |genus=Cevallia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Loasaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Loasaceae (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 Cevallia.