Thespesia

Solander ex Corrêa

Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 290, plate 25, fig. 1. 1807.

Introduced
Etymology: Greek thespesios, divine, wondrous, or excellent, alluding to planting in sacred groves and use for carving religious sculpture
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 372. Mentioned on page 215, 218.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA6 P42 Talipariti tiliaceum.jpegTalipariti tiliaceum var. pernambucense
Thespesia populnea
Urena lobata
Linny Heagy
Linny Heagy
Linny Heagy

Trees [shrubs]. Stems erect, glabrous or hairy when young, usually glandular-punctate, not viscid. Leaves: stipules persistent or deciduous, lanceolate or falcate; blade ovate, unlobed [3-lobulate], base deeply cordate [shallowly cordate to ± truncate], margins entire, surfaces glabrate [hairy], with abaxial foliar nectaries. Inflorescences axillary solitary flowers, [sometimes aggregated apically]; involucel present, bractlets caducous, 3, distinct. Flowers: calyx not accrescent, not inflated, lobes truncate [to 5-lobed], not ribbed; corolla yellow [white or rose], with [without] maroon spot at base, usually fading pinkish orange; staminal column usually included; ovary 3–5-carpellate, style 3–5-branched; stigmas clavate. Fruits capsules, erect, somewhat inflated, oblate, coriaceous [ligneous], lepidote [glabrous or hairy], indehiscent [dehiscent]. Seeds 3–5 per locule, short-hairy [glabrous]. x = 13.

Distribution

Introduced; Fla., Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands (Papua New Guinea), Australia, also in Mexico, West Indies, n South America

Discussion

Species 17 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Paul A. Fryxell† +  and Steven R. Hill +
Solander ex Corrêa +
cordate +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
unlobed +  and ovate +
not inflated +
not accrescent +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
orange +, fading pinkish +, maroon spot +  and yellow +
Fla. +, Asia +, Africa +, Pacific Islands (Papua New Guinea) +, Australia +, also in Mexico +, West Indies +  and n South America +
sparse;copious +
Greek thespesios, divine, wondrous, or excellent, alluding to planting in sacred groves and use for carving religious sculpture +
pistillate +  and staminate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
oblate +  and inflated +
axillary +  and terminal +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
simple +, stipulate +, sessile +, subsessile +  and petiolate +
distichous +  and alternate +
not ribbed +  and truncate +
wedge--shaped +
3-5-carpellate +
(1-)2-many +
adnate +  and distinct +
Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. +
short-hairy +
reniform +
persistent +
Introduced +
sessile +  and subsessile +
not viscid +
glandular-punctate +
hairy +  and glabrous +
1-2 times number of carpels +
deciduous +  and persistent +
falcate +  and lanceolate +
3-5-branched +
Mallow +
Thespesia +
Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +