Rhynchosida

Fryxell

Brittonia 30: 458, fig. 4. 1978.

Etymology: Greek rhynchos, beak, and generic name Sida, a lluding to beaked mericarps
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 309. Mentioned on page 217.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA6 P37 Pseudabutilon thurberi.jpegPseudabutilon thurberi
Rhynchosida physocalyx
Sida elliottii var. elliottii
Linny Heagy
Linny Heagy
Linny Heagy

Herbs [shrubs], perennial. Stems trailing to ascending, stellate-hairy, not viscid. Leaves: stipules persistent, linear; blade oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate [orbiculate], unlobed, base shallowly cordate, margins crenate or serrate. Inflorescences axillary solitary flowers; involucel absent.

Distribution

sc, sw North America, Mexico, South America (Argentina), South America (Bolivia), South America (Brazil), South America (Uruguay)

Discussion

Rhynchosida kearneyi Fryxell is endemic to Bolivia.

Species 2 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

... more about "Rhynchosida"
Paul A. Fryxell† +  and Steven R. Hill +
Fryxell +
cordate +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
unlobed +, oblong-ovate +  and oblong-lanceolate +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
sc +, sw North America +, Mexico +, South America (Argentina) +, South America (Bolivia) +, South America (Brazil) +  and South America (Uruguay) +
sparse;copious +
Greek rhynchos, beak, and generic name Sida, a lluding to beaked mericarps +
pistillate +  and staminate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
axillary +  and terminal +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
simple +, stipulate +, sessile +, subsessile +  and petiolate +
distichous +  and alternate +
entire +  and serrate +
serrate;crenate +
wedge--shaped +
3-40-carpellate +
(1-)2-many +
adnate +  and distinct +
hairy +  and glabrous +
reniform +
persistent +
sessile +  and subsessile +
not viscid +
trailing;ascending +
stellate-hairy +
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
unbranched +  and branched +
Mallow +
Rhynchosida +
Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +