Batesimalva

Fryxell

Bol. Soc. Bot. México 35: 25, fig. 1. 1975.

Common names: Bates’s mallow
Conservation concern
Etymology: For David M. Bates, b. 1935 American botanist, and Latin malva, mallow
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 238. Mentioned on page 217.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA6 P27 Bastardia viscosa.jpegBastardia viscosa
Batesimalva violacea
Billieturnera helleri
Linny Heagy
Linny Heagy
Linny Heagy

Shrubs [herbs]. Stems usually erect, hairy, not viscid. Leaves: stipules persistent, filiform, sometimes absent; blade ovate to ovatelanceolate, not dissected or parted, base cordate, margins coarsely crenate. Inflorescences axillary, solitary flowers or 2–4-flowered clusters; involucel absent. Flowers: calyx not accrescent, not inflated, ca. 1/2-divided, shorter than mature fruit, lobes unribbed, lanceolate to ovate; corolla blue-violet [bluish lavender, white, or yellow]; staminal column included; style 8–10 [–16] -branched; stigmas capitate. Fruits schizocarps, erect or semipendent, inflated, disciform, prominently lobed, papery, minutely tomentose; mericarps 8–10 [–16], 2-celled, without dorsal spur, apex rounded, proximal cell indehiscent, enclosing 1 seed (each seed covered by endoglossum), distal cell dehiscent, empty (by ovule abortion), unwinged. Seeds 1 per mericarp, subglabrous to sparsely hairy. x = 16.

Distribution

Tex., n Mexico, n South America (w Venezuela)

Discussion

Species 5 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

... more about "Batesimalva"
rounded +
Paul A. Fryxell† +  and Steven R. Hill +
Fryxell +
cordate +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
ovate +  and ovatelanceolate not dissected or parted +
not inflated +
not accrescent +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Bates’s mallow +
unwinged +  and empty +
Tex. +, n Mexico +  and n South America (w Venezuela) +
sparse;copious +
For David M. Bates, b. 1935 American botanist, and Latin malva, mallow +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
semipendent +  and erect +
lobed +  and inflated +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
simple +, stipulate +, sessile +, subsessile +  and petiolate +
distichous +  and alternate +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
entire +  and serrate +
wedge--shaped +
3-40-carpellate +
(1-)2-many +
adnate +  and distinct +
Bol. Soc. Bot. México +
subglabrous +  and sparsely hairy +
reniform +
persistent +
Conservation concern +
sessile +  and subsessile +
not viscid +
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
8-10[-16]-branched +
Mallow +
Batesimalva +
Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +