Difference between revisions of "Bassia"
Mélanges Philos. Math. Soc. Roy. Turin 3: 177. 1766.
FNA>Volume Importer |
FNA>Volume Importer |
||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
|distribution=Asia;Europe;Africa. | |distribution=Asia;Europe;Africa. | ||
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 10 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- | |discussion=<p>Species ca. 10 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- | ||
| − | --><p>Bassia occurs primarily in steppe and desert zones. A. J. Scott (1978) circumscribed Bassia in a very broad sense, including Kochia and some other genera. Only one section of Kochia is somewhat transitional towards Bassia (see comments in the treatment of Kochia). The present treatment follows the traditional concepts of Bassia and Kochia.</p> | + | --><p><i>Bassia</i> occurs primarily in steppe and desert zones. A. J. Scott (1978) circumscribed <i>Bassia</i> in a very broad sense, including <i>Kochia</i> and some other genera. Only one section of <i>Kochia</i> is somewhat transitional towards <i>Bassia</i> (see comments in the treatment of <i>Kochia</i>). The present treatment follows the traditional concepts of <i>Bassia</i> and <i>Kochia</i>.</p> |
|tables= | |tables= | ||
|references={{Treatment/Reference | |references={{Treatment/Reference | ||
| Line 62: | Line 62: | ||
|publication year=1766 | |publication year=1766 | ||
|special status= | |special status= | ||
| − | |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/ | + | |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_594.xml |
|genus=Bassia | |genus=Bassia | ||
}}<!-- | }}<!-- | ||
-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Chenopodiaceae]] | -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Chenopodiaceae]] | ||
Revision as of 18:29, 18 September 2019
Herbs, annual, ± densely pubescent. Stems erect, semierect, ascending, or prostrate, branched or simple, not jointed, not armed, not fleshy. Leaves alternate, sessile (or sometimes narrowed to pseudopetiole); blade linear, lanceolate, or lanceolate-elliptic, flat or semiterete (semicylindric in transverse section; ± fleshy), base cuneate, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute. Inflorescences terminal spikes, flowers [1–]2–3 in axils. Flowers bisexual, sessile, ebracteolate; perianth segments 5, ± hirsute or pubescent, rarely glabrous, at maturity with spiniform, hooked, or conic appendages; stamens 5; styles and stigmas 2(–3). Fruiting structures: fruiting bracts absent; achenes ovate-compressed; pericarp free, membranous. Seeds horizontal, lenticular; seed coat brownish, smooth; embryo annular; perisperm copious. x = 9.
Distribution
Asia, Europe, Africa.
Discussion
Species ca. 10 (2 in the flora).
Bassia occurs primarily in steppe and desert zones. A. J. Scott (1978) circumscribed Bassia in a very broad sense, including Kochia and some other genera. Only one section of Kochia is somewhat transitional towards Bassia (see comments in the treatment of Kochia). The present treatment follows the traditional concepts of Bassia and Kochia.
Selected References
Lower Taxa
Key
| 1 | Leaf blades flat, lanceolate-elliptic, lanceolate, or linear; all perianth segments at maturity with thin, hooked spine adaxially; inflorescence axis ± straight | Bassia hyssopifolia |
| 1 | Leaf blades semiterete, linear or filiform; (2-)3(-4) perianth segments at maturity with conic nonhooked appendages adaxially, other segments ± unappendaged; inflorescence axis flex- uous | Bassia hirsuta |