View source for Batis ← Batis 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=Batis |accepted_authority=P. Browne |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica, |place=356. 1756 |year=1756 }} |common_names=Saltwort |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Bataceae;Batis |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Bataceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Batis]]</div></div> |etymology=probably from Greek via Latin for another coastal plant, or possibly Greek batos, bramble |volume=Volume 7 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 187 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>relatively low, sprawling. <b>Leaf</b> blades obovoid to oblanceoloid. <b>Spikes</b> subsessile, ellipsoid, subglobose, or turbinate [lax, bracteate, flowers solitary]. <b>Flowers</b> anemophilous; filaments slender, or sometimes winged; anthers versatile, dorsifixed; stigmas sessile, papillate. <b>Syncarps</b> each with 1–4 seeds (pyrenes). <b>Seeds</b> narrow, flattened; coats thin. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=s North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands;Hawaii;s New Guinea);Australia. |discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Batis argillicola P. Royen occurs along the coasts of southern New Guinea and northern Australia. It differs from B. maritima in being monoecious and having solitary flowers, shorter leaves, tepals of staminate flowers each with one vascular bundle and a tapered base, and winged filaments. Wood anatomy and habit of the two species are similar. There was an earlier dubious chromosome count of x = 9.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Batis |author= |authority=P. Browne |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Bataceae |distribution=s North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands;Hawaii;s New Guinea);Australia. |reference=None |publication title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica, |publication year=1756 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V7/V7_240.xml |genus=Batis }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Bataceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Bataceae (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 Batis.