View source for Dorstenia ← Dorstenia 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=Dorstenia |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 121. 175 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 56. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Tusilla |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Moraceae;Dorstenia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Moraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Dorstenia]]</div></div> |etymology=for Theodor Dorsten (d. 1539), German herbalist and professor of medicine at Marburg |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, rhizomatous; stems short, fleshy, aerial stems not evident; sap milky. <b>Leaves</b> alternate; stipules persistent, free. <b>Leaf</b> blade ovate to orbiculate, margins entire or pinnately lobed; venation palmate near base of blade, otherwise pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, flowers embedded in long-pedunculate, flat receptacle. <b>Flowers</b>: staminate and pistillate on same plant. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: calyx minute, 2-3-lobed; stamens 1-3, inflexed in bud. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: calyx tubular, 4-lobed; ovary inferior, embedded in receptacle, 1-locular; style 2-branched. <b>Syncarps</b> disc- or cup-shaped; drupes embedded in enlarged, fleshy, common receptacle. <b>Seeds</b> explosively expelled.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tropical. |discussion=<p>Species ca. 170 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Dorstenia |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Moraceae |distribution=Tropical. |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_485.xml |genus=Dorstenia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Moraceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Moraceae (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 Dorstenia.