View source for Suckleya ← Suckleya 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=Suckleya |accepted_authority=A. Gray |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts |place=11: 103. 1876 |year=1876 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Suckleya |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Suckleya]]</div></div> |etymology=For George Suckley, 1830–1869, physician and naturalist |volume=Volume 4 |mention_page=page 260, 322 |treatment_page=page 305 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, monoecious. <b>Stems</b> prostrate or ascending, diffusely branched, terete, not jointed or armed, not fleshy. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, petiolate; blade rhombic-ovate to suborbicular, base abruptly short-cuneate, margins repand-dentate, apex rounded or acute, sparsely covered with inflated unicellular trichomes (scurfy when dry). <b>Inflorescences</b> staminate and pistillate flowers in mixed clusters in axils of nearly all leaves. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: perianth segments usually 4; stamens usually 4; rudimentary ovary present. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: perianth segments becoming marginally connate, 4-lobed; stigmas 2, filiform. <b>Fruits</b> utricles, enclosed by enlarged, compressed perianth; pericarp appressed to seed, thinly membranous. <b>Seeds</b> vertical, ovate to triangular-ovate; seed coat reddish brown, thick, membranous; embryo subannular, surrounding perisperm.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=w North America. |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=chu1991a |text=Chu, G. L., H. C. Stutz, and S. C. Sanderson. 1991. Morphology and taxonomic position of Suckleya suckleyana (Chenopodiaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 78: 63–68. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Suckleya |author=Chu Gelin |authority=A. Gray |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Chenopodiaceae |distribution=w North America. |reference=chu1991a |publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts |publication year=1876 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_586.xml |genus=Suckleya }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Chenopodiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Chenopodiaceae (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) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Suckleya.