Acaena Mutis ex L.
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Acaena Mutis ex L., Mant. Pl. 145, 200 (1771)
Acaena Mutis ex L.
Nomenclature
L.
Mutis ex L.
1771
145, 200
ICN
Acaena Mutis ex L.
genus
Acaena
Classification
Subordinates
- Acaena ×anserovina
- Acaena ×ovina
- Acaena adscendens
- Acaena affinis
- Acaena agnipila
- Acaena anserinifolia
- Acaena anserinifolia
- Acaena buchananii
- Acaena caesiiglauca
- Acaena depressa
- Acaena dumicola
- Acaena echinata
- Acaena emittens
- Acaena fissistipula
- Acaena glabra
- Acaena hirsutula
- Acaena hirsutula
- Acaena huttoni
- Acaena inermis
- Acaena juvenca
- Acaena macrantha
- Acaena magellanica
- Acaena microphylla
- Acaena minor
- Acaena novae-zelandiae
- Acaena pallida
- Acaena profundeincisa
- Acaena pusilla
- Acaena rorida
- Acaena saccaticupula
- Acaena sanguisorbae
- Acaena tesca
- Acaena viridior
Descriptions
Acaena Mutis ex L.
Infl. capitate or spicate; fls us. perfect, occ. unisexual. Cupule investing carpels, us. with 4 or more spines; sepals us. 4, petals 0; stamens us. few; carpels 1 or 2; stigmas plumose, ample. Herbs to semi-woody plants, us. prostrate, with ascending scapose flowering branchlets; lvs imparipinnate, stipules adnate. About 150, mainly southern hemisphere, spp. The N.Z. spp. all have capitate infl., and, if interpreted in a narrow sense, are endemic, though some forms are closely related to Australian ones.
Acaena Mutis ex L.
Perennial herbs or dwarf shrubs, often prostrate and forming large mats. Lvs imparipinnate; leaflets toothed; stipules adnate to petiole, persistent. Infl. terminal or axillary, capitate or spicate. Fls 3-5-merous, small, ☿ or ♀. Hypanthium deeply concave, contracted at mouth. Epicalyx 0. Calyx of 3-5 sepals. Petals 0. Stamens 1-10. Ovary superior, surrounded by the hypanthium. Styles 1-2. Ovules 1-2. Fr. of 1-2 achenes enclosed in dry hypanthium bearing 4 or more, often barbed, spines, or without spines.
Taxonomic concepts
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Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
15 May 2008