View source for Cypselea ← Cypselea 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=Cypselea |accepted_authority=Turpin |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. |place=7: 219, plate 121. 1806 |year=1806 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Aizoaceae;Cypselea |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aizoaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cypselea]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek kypsele, a hollow box or chest, such as a beehive, which the capsule is thought to resemble |volume=Volume 4 |mention_page=page 75, 76, 77 |treatment_page=page 82 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, mat-forming, glabrous. <b>Roots</b> fibrous. <b>Stems</b> prostrate. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, opposite, those of each pair unequal; stipules sheathing stem, attached to proximal petiole margins, scarious, fringed; blade flat, elliptical to obovate, smooth, tapered to base, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, flowers solitary; bracts foliaceous; bracteoles scarious, fringed. <b>Flowers</b> inconspicuous, 2–3 mm diam.; calyx campanulate; calyx lobes 4–5, unequal; petals and petaloid staminodia absent; stamens (1–)3, alternating with calyx lobes; pistil usually 2-carpellate; ovary superior, 1-loculed, ovoid to globose; placentation free-central; styles and stigmas usually 2. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, dehiscence circumscissile. <b>Seeds</b> ca. 150; arils persistent on placentas, slender.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Mexico;West Indies;South America. |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 8 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Cypselea |author=Wayne R. Ferren Jr. |authority=Turpin |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Aizoaceae |distribution=Mexico;West Indies;South America. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. |publication year=1806 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_168.xml |genus=Cypselea }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Aizoaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Aizoaceae (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 Cypselea.