Bassia

(Genus)

Herbs annual. Leaves alternate, sessile, linear to lanceolate, complanate, semiterete, or terete, membranous or fleshy, densely hairy. Flowers solitary or forming a spike, sessile, without bracts or bractlets, bisexual. Perianth discoid, 5-lobed, hairy; segments equal; abaxial appendages uncinate, subulate, or triangular in fruit. Stamens 5. Ovary broadly ovoid; style short; stigmas 2 or 3. Utricle depressed ovoid; pericarp membranous, free from seed. Seed horizontal, depressed globose; embryo annular.

Between ten and twelve species: warm-temperate and subtropical zones of the Old World; three species in China.^[1]

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Bassia hyssopifolia Bassia hyssopifolia Photographer: The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Date Taken: 2007
Location Taken: Sevier Co, Utah, United States of America Copyright: © 2007 This image belongs to The New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 198244

Bassia hyssopifolia Bassia hyssopifolia Photographer: The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Date Taken: 2007
Location Taken: Washington Co, Utah, United States of America Copyright: © 2007 This image belongs to The New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 198242

Bassia hyssopifolia Bassia hyssopifolia Photographer: The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Date Taken: 2007
Location Taken: Juab Co, Utah, United States of America Copyright: © 2007 This image belongs to The New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 198243

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Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
    - Phylum: Magnoliophyta Cronquist, Takhtajan & W. Zimmermann, 1966 - Flowering Plants
      - Subphylum: Spermatophytina (auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
        Infraphylum: Angiospermae auct.
        Class: Magnoliopsida Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Caryophyllidae Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Caryophyllanae Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Caryophyllales Perleb, 1826
        Suborder: Chenopodiineae
        Family: Chenopodiaceae (ken-oh-poh-dee-AY-see-ay) Ventenat, 1799 - Goosefoot Family
        Subfamily: Chenopodioideae
        Tribe: Camphorosmeae
        Genus: Bassia (BASS-ee-uh) Allioni, Melanges Philos. Math. Soc. Roy. Turin. 3: 177. 1766. - Smotherweed

The Genus Bassia is further organized into finer groupings including:

Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 180 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Bassia: B. scoparia culta · B. scoparia densiflora · B. aegyptiaca · B. aellenii · B. alata · B. albolanata · B. americana (Green Molly) · B. andersonii · B. anisacanthoides · B. arabica · B. articulata · B. astracantha · B. astrocarpa · B. bassensis · B. beaugleholei · B. bicornis · B. bicornis var. bicornis · B. bicornis var. horrida · B. bicuspis · B. biflora · B. biflora var. biflora · B. biflora var. cephalocarpa · B. biflora var. villosa · B. birchii · B. birchii var. birchii · B. birchii var. cornishiana · B. blackiana · B. blakei · B. bourdilonii · B. brachyptera · B. brevicuspis · B. brevifolia · B. burbidgeae · B. calcarata · B. californica · B. caloneura · B. caput-casuarii · B. carnosa · B. caspica · B. chippendalei · B. clavata · B. clelandii · B. constricta · B. convexula · B. copleyi · B. cornishiana · B. cornishiana var. birchii · B. costata · B. crassifolia · B. crenata · B. cristata · B. cucullata · B. dallachyana · B. dasyphylla · B. decurrens · B. densiflora · B. diacantha · B. diffusa · B. dinteri · B. divaricata · B. drummondii · B. drummondii var. drummondii · B. drummondii var. hispida · B. echinopsila · B. edulis · B. eichleri · B. elongata · B. enchylaenoides · B. eremaea · B. eriacantha · B. eriantha · B. eriochiton · B. eriophora · B. eurotioides · B. everistiana · B. fiedleri · B. filiformis · B. forrestiana · B. gardneri · B. georgei · B. glabra · B. globosa · B. hirsuta (Hairy Smother-Weed) · B. hissopifolia · B. holtiana · B. hostilis · B. hysopifolia · B. hyssipofolia · B. hyssopfiflia · B. hyssopifolia (Five-Horn Smother-Weed) · B. illipe · B. inchoata · B. indica · B. intricata · B. intricata var. hirsuta · B. intricata var. intricata · B. iranica · B. johnsonii · B. joppensis · B. krylovii · B. lanata · B. lanicuspis · B. laniflora · B. lanuginosa · B. limbata · B. litoralis · B. londesia · B. longicuspis · B. luehmanni · B. luehmannii · B. melanoptera · B. micrantha · B. microcalyx · B. microcarpa · B. minuta · B. mottleyana · B. muelleri · B. muricata · B. murrayae · B. nitida · B. obconica · B. obliquicuspis · B. oppositicuspis · B. paradoxa · B. paradoxa var. latifolia · B. paradoxa var. paradoxa · B. parallelicuspis · B. parviflora · B. parviflora var. costata · B. parviflora var. parviflora · B. patenticuspis · B. prostata · B. prostrata · B. pulverulenta · B. quinquecuspis · B. quinquecuspis var. lanata · B. quinquecuspis var. quinquecuspis · B. quinquecuspis var. semiglabra · B. quinquecuspis var. villosa · B. ramsayae · B. ramulosa · B. recurvicuspis · B. reuteriana · B. salsoloides · B. salsuginosa · B. saxicola · B. scaparia · B. sclerolaenoides · B. scoparia 'Trichophylla' (Burning Bush) · B. scoparia densiflora · B. scoparia f. trichophylla · B. scoparia subsp. culta · B. scoparia subsp. densiflora · B. scoparia var. subvillosa · B. scoparia var. trichophylla · B. scrymgeouriae · B. sedoides · B. sicorica · B. spinosa · B. stellaris · B. stelligera · B. stylosa · B. suaedacea · B. symoniana · B. tatei · B. tetracuspis · B. thorehana · B. tomentosa · B. trichophylla · B. tricornis · B. tricuspis · B. tridens · B. tubata · B. uniflora · B. uniflora var. incongruens · B. uniflora var. uniflora · B. urceolata · B. ventricosa · B. walkeri · B. wilsonii

Footnotes

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Gelin Zhu, Sergei L. Mosyakin & Steven E. Clemants "Bassia". in Flora of China Vol. 5 Page 386. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

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