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Acleisanthes lanceolata

Acleisanthes chenopodioides

gyp moonpod, gypsum moonpod, lanceleaf moonpod

goosefoot moonpod
Habit Plants herbaceous, overall lightly pubescent with white, T-shaped minute hairs.
Stems

erect or ascending, sparsely to moderately leafy, 15–40 cm.
Leaves

dull green when fresh or dry, petiolate, those of a pair very unequal (the smaller often less than 1/2 the size of the larger), gradually reduced toward inflorescence, fleshy;

petiole 5–45 mm;

blade ovate to ovate-oblong or deltate, 15–50 × 6–40 mm, base rounded to subcordate, margins entire or undulate, apex acute, obtuse, or rounded.
Flowers

3–25 in umbellate clusters, in forks of branches and distal axils, and terminal on branches;

pedicel 1–4 mm;

perianth 4–6 mm, tube greenish pink, limbs pink to lavender, 4–6 mm diam.;

stamens 2(–3), widely spreading.
Fruits

5 mm, puberulent with flattened, white hairs;

wings 1.5–2 mm wide.

Acleisanthes lanceolata

Acleisanthes chenopodioides
Phenology Flowering late spring–early fall.
Habitat Dry, sandy, and gravelly areas, rock, gypseous clay
Elevation 700-1700 m (2300-5600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NM; TX; n Mexico
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from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

P. C. Standley (1916b) erected Ammocodon to accommodate this primarily morning-blooming species, based on its shorter perianth, fewer stamens, and umbellate inflorescences. B. A. Fowler and B. L. Turner (1977) maintained the genus separate from Selinocarpus. A. Heimerl (1934c) included the species in Selinocarpus, as did V. Bittrich and U. Kühn (1993). R. A. Levin (2000) presented evidence to support the inclusion of this species within a Selinocarpus clade within Acleisanthes, most closely allied to A. somalensis (Chiovenda) R. A. Levin.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 38. FNA vol. 4, p. 38.
Parent taxa Nyctaginaceae > Acleisanthes Nyctaginaceae > Acleisanthes
Sibling taxa
A. acutifolia, A. angustifolia, A. anisophylla, A. chenopodioides, A. crassifolia, A. diffusa, A. longiflora, A. nevadensis, A. obtusa, A. parvifolia, A. wrightii
A. acutifolia, A. angustifolia, A. anisophylla, A. crassifolia, A. diffusa, A. lanceolata, A. longiflora, A. nevadensis, A. obtusa, A. parvifolia, A. wrightii
Subordinate taxa
A. lanceolata var. lanceolata
Synonyms Selinocarpus lanceolatus Selinocarpus chenopodioides, Ammocodon chenopodioides
Name authority (Wooton) R. A. Levin: Novon 12: 61. (2002) (A. Gray) R. A. Levin: Novon 12: 60. (2002)
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