View source for Spinacia ← Spinacia 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=Spinacia |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 1027. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 452. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Spinach |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Spinacia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Spinacia]]</div></div> |etymology=Latin spina, spine, in reference to spiny fruit, or Persian ispanakh, spinach |volume=Volume 4 |mention_page=page 260 |treatment_page=page 302 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual or biennial, monoecious, glabrous. <b>Stems</b> erect, not branched, not jointed, not armed, not fleshy. <b>Leaves</b> basal or alternate, petiolate; blade triangular-hastate to ovate, sometimes with elongated lobes, margins entire or dentate, apex acute. <b>Inflorescences</b>: pistillate flowers sessile in leaf axils; staminate flowers in dense terminal spikes. <b>Flowers</b> unisexual, rarely bisexual; staminate flowers with perianth segments 4–5, stamens 4–5; pistillate flowers enclosed by 2 accrescent or connate bracts, perianth absent, stigmas 4–5. <b>Fruiting</b> structures enlarged and hardened bracteoles enclosing achenes; pericarp adherent. <b>Seeds</b> vertical, seed coat dark, spiny or smooth; hardened bracteoles serving as seed coat; embryo annular; perisperm copious. <b>x</b> = 6.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Eurasia. |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 3 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>The chromosome base number of six is unusual in the Chenopodiaceae. B. L. Turner (1994b) suggested that members with a base of nine, the most common number in the family, may be derived.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Spinacia |author=Leila M. Shultz |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Chenopodiaceae |distribution=Eurasia. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_579.xml |genus=Spinacia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Chenopodiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Chenopodiaceae (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 Spinacia.