View source for Commicarpus scandens

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|accepted_name=Commicarpus scandens
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Standley
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|place=12: 373. 1909
|year=1909
}}
|common_names=Climbing wortclub
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Boerhavia scandens
|authority=Linnaeus
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 3. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Nyctaginaceae;Commicarpus;Commicarpus scandens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Nyctaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Commicarpus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Commicarpus scandens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 31
|treatment_page=page 33
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>often tangled among themselves, 3–20 dm. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 3–25 mm; blade ovate, triangular, or rhombic-orbiculate, 15–60 × 10–45 mm, base obtuse, truncate, or cordate, margins shallowly sinuate, apex usually acute or acuminate, sometimes obtuse or round. <b>Inflorescences</b>: peduncle 4–6 cm; umbel 4–11-flowered; pedicel 3–15 mm. <b>Perianths</b> pale greenish yellow, 3–4 mm, glabrous or with few minute hairs externally near margin of limb. <b>Fruits</b> usually reflexed at tip of pedicel, 7–10 × 1.5–2 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring-mid fall.
|habitat=Dry, gravelly areas, often among boulders or shrubs, roadsides
|elevation=(0-)800-1800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
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name=Commicarpus scandens
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Standley
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Boerhavia scandens
|family=Nyctaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring-mid fall.
|habitat=Dry, gravelly areas, often among boulders or shrubs, roadsides
|elevation=(0-)800-1800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|publication year=1909
|special status=
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|genus=Commicarpus
|species=Commicarpus scandens
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