View source for Hemiscola

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Hemiscola
|accepted_authority=Rafinesque
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sylva Tellur.,
|place=111. 1838
|year=1838
}}
|common_names=Spiderflower
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cleomaceae;Hemiscola
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cleomaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hemiscola]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek, hemi- , half, and skolios, curved, alluding to seed shape
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 195, 199, 200, 215
|treatment_page=page 220
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual [perennial]. <b>Stems</b> (sometimes ± procumbent, weak), sparsely to moderately (or delicately) branched; glabrous or glandular-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b>: stipular spines present (recurved); petiole with pulvinus basally or distally; leaflets (1 or)3. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or axillary (from distal leaves), racemes (flat-topped or elongated); bracts present. <b>Flowers</b> (often appearing unisexual due to incomplete development), zygomorphic; sepals persistent or deciduous, distinct, equal (each often subtending a nectary); petals oblong to ovate, equal; stamens 6; filaments inserted on a discoid or conical gynophore, glabrous; anthers (ellipsoid to linear), coiling as pollen is released; gynophore reflexed in fruit. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, dehiscent, fusiform to linear-cylindric. <b>Seeds</b> 10–20, oblong or obovoid, prominently arillate, (cleft fused between ends). <b>x</b> = 10.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mexico;Central America;South America (south to Argentina).
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>species 6 (2 in the flora)</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
<div class="treatment-key-group">
  
{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaflet blade lanceolate-elliptic to ovate or rhombic; sepals lanceolate; anthers 2.5-4 mm; capsules (15-)25-40(-65) mm.
|[[Hemiscola aculeata|Hemiscola aculeata]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaflet blade obovate; sepals ovate; anthers 0.3-0.5 mm; capsules 15-20 mm.
|[[Hemiscola diffusa|Hemiscola diffusa]]
|}
</div></div><!--

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name=Hemiscola
|author=Gordon C. Tucker;Hugh H. Iltis
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cleomaceae
|distribution=Mexico;Central America;South America (south to Argentina).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sylva Tellur.,
|publication year=1838
|special status=
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|genus=Hemiscola
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