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Hemiscola aculeata
Sylva Tellur., 111. 1838.
Common names: Prickly spiderflower
Basionym: Cleome aculeata Linnaeus Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 3: 232. 1768
Distribution
Ala., Tex., Mexico, West Indies
Discussion
Varieties 3 (1 in the flora).
Variety potosina (B. L. Robinson) H. H. Iltis is endemic to Argentina and Mexico and is distinguished by relatively long gynophores; var. affinis (de Candolle) H. H. Iltis is endemic to southeastern Brazil and is spineless.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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hypogynous +
dehiscing +
coiling +
absent +
absent +
Prickly spiderflower +
incumbent +
absent +
scanty +
glabrous +
zygomorphic +
bisexual +
rotate;crateriform campanulate or urceolate +
capsular +
valvate +
elongate +
dehiscent +
absent +
single +
reflexed +
absent +
Present +
racemose +
flat-topped +
true +
pinnate +
1-carpellate +
parietal +
bitegmic +
anatropous +
1;18 +
absent +
hypogynous +
persistent +
absent +
imbricate +
attached +
distinct +
unequal +
equal +
absent +
Sylva Tellur., +
1838 +
arillate +
10;20 +
distinct +
equal +
longitudinal +
absent +
branched +
procumbent +
capitate +
unlobed +
absent +
absent +
minute +
Hemiscola aculeata +
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