Lipandra

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Lipandra

Lipandra Moq., Chenop. Monogr. Enum.: 19. 1840 sec. S.Fuentes & al. 2012
  • =Chenopodium [unranked] Polysperma Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 21(1): 13. 1916 syn. sec. S.Fuentes & al. 2012
  • ≡Chenopodium subsect. Polysperma (Standl.) Kowal ex Clemants & Mosyakin in Novon 6: 400. 1996 syn. sec. S.Fuentes & al. 2012

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Notes

The isolated lineage of Chenopodium polyspermum L., revealed in the phylogenetic study of Fuentes-Bazán & al. (2012b), is well supported by the unique morphological characters of that widespread Eurasian species, which led to the creation of a monotypic subsection within Chenopodium s.l. (Mosyakin & Clemants 1996).A

Description

Annual, non-aromatic herbs, glabrous. Stems erect to ascending or prostrate, branched, lower branches subopposite, long. Leaves alternate, petiolate; blade thin, ovateelliptic; margin entire. Inflorescence leafy and bracteate,
composed of large, loose axillary dichasia or sometimes
more condensed glomerules arranged spicately. Flowers
bisexual or pistillate; perianth unchanged in fruit, segments
(4 – )5, free near to the base, with membranous margins, not-keeled, spreading in fruit; stamens 1 – 3( – 5); stigmas 2. Fruits with membranous pericarp, free. Seeds horizontal, compressed-globose, round in outline, margin fairly obtuse, testa brown to blackish, undulately striate.B

Bibliography

A. Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., von Mering, S., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler, R., Ocampo, G. & Ochoterena, H. 2015: A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. – Willdenowia 45(3): 281-383
B. S.Fuentes, Uotila, P. & Borsch, T. 2012: A novel phylogeny-based generic classification for Chenopodium sensu lato, and a tribal rearrangement of Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae). – Willdenowia 42(1): 5-24