View source for Oxystylis ← Oxystylis 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=Oxystylis |accepted_authority=Torrey & Frémont |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts., |place=312. 1845 |year=1845 }} |common_names=Spiny-caper |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Cleomaceae;Oxystylis |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cleomaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Oxystylis]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek oxys, sharp, and stylos, pillar, alluding to style |volume=Volume 7 |mention_page=page 199, 200, 205 |treatment_page=page 215 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual (unpleasantly scented). <b>Stems</b> unbranched, or sparsely branched laterally; glabrous or glabrate. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules 3–8-palmatifid, minute; petiole without pulvinus (slightly longer than leaflets); leaflets 3. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary (from distal leaves), racemes (flat-topped); bracts present. <b>Flowers</b> actinomorphic; sepals persistent, distinct, equal (each often subtending a nectary); petals equal; stamens 6; filaments inserted on a spheroidal gynophore, glabrous; anthers (ellipsoid), coiling as pollen is released; gynophore sharply deflexed in fruit (stout, style spinelike in fruit). <b>Fruits</b> schizocarps (didymous, deflexed), indehiscent, obovoid. <b>Seeds</b> 2, reniform, not arillate. <b>x</b> = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=sw United States. |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Oxystylis |author=Staria S. Vanderpool |authority=Torrey & Frémont |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Cleomaceae |distribution=sw United States. |reference=None |publication title=in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts., |publication year=1845 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V7/V7_297.xml |genus=Oxystylis }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Cleomaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Cleomaceae (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 Oxystylis.