Pavonia sepioides Fryxell & Krapov.
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https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.01.04 |
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Pavonia sepioides Fryxell & Krapov. View in CoL ,
Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 76: 221–222. f. 73. 1999.
Type: COLOMBIA, Antioquia: Mun. Medellin, via Santa Helena , 8–12 km, 1520–1680 m, 26.03.1987, Callejas & Escobar 3313 (holo TEX [ TEX00375782 About TEX digital image!]) . Fig. 1 View Fig
Undershrubs, erect, up to 1 m high; stems weak. Leaves ovate, lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, 5–10 × 2–5 cm, usually wider below the middle, acute or obtuse at base, acuminate at apex, margins biserrate with alternate small and big teeth; 3–5 nerved at base, sparsely stellate pubescent only on nerves adaxially, uniformly stellate pubescent abaxially; nerves 3–5, distant; petioles 5–20 mm long, densely pubescent; stipules linear-lanceolate, c. 11 mm long, early caducous. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 1–1.8 cm long in flowers and up to 3 cm long in fruits, pubescent, terete. Epicalyx segments 6 or 7, free, 7–11 mm long, linear, sparsely pubescent, with long simple hairs along margins. Calyx 5-lobed; lobes triangularovate, 5–9 mm long, acuminate at apex, long ciliate along the margins, sometimes basally greenish white, slightly united below. Corolla yellow; petals 5, obovate to ovate, entire along margins, obtuse at apex, narrowed at base, sparsely hairy outside, glabrous inside. Staminal column c. 3–7 mm long, glabrous, antheriferous throughout, apex toothed; filaments filiform, 1–2 mm long; anthers dorsifixed. Styles emerging from the column, inserted, 7–10- fid. Schizocarps 7–9 mm long; mericarps 5, c. 6 mm long, glabrous, reddish gland dotted, with 3 sub-equal spines with 1 spine longer than the others; spines 3–7 mm long, divergent, retrorsely barbed. Seeds convexly ovate, 1.5–2 mm long, pale brown with few simple hairs with prominent strophiole and hilum; hilum with prominent blackish ridges and furrows.
Flowering & fruiting: Flowers and fruits were observed during April.
Habitat: The plants were found growing inside a Eucalyptus plantation as a weed at an altitude of 735 m asl. The other associated plants were Ouret lanata (L.) Kuntze ( Amaranthaceae ), Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce, Capparis zeylanica L. (both Capparaceae ), Cipadessa baccifera (Roxb. ex Roth) Miq. ( Meliaceae ), Lantana camara L. ( Verbenaceae ), Flueggea leucopyrus Willd. ( Phyllanthaceae ) and Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. ( Asteraceae ).
Distribution: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Uganda (introduced) ( Fryxell, 1999; POWO, 2023), and now in India.
Specimenexamined: INDIA, Karnataka,Dindadahalli village, Bheemasamudra, Chitradurga district, 735 m asl, 17.04.2022, N 14°12’16.11”, E 76°13’34.38”, N. Arun Kumar & Seema Mali 124389 (FRLH).
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