View source for Meximalva ← Meximalva You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Meximalva |accepted_authority=Fryxell |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Bol. Soc. Bot. México |place=35: 30, fig. 2. 1975 |year=1975 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Meximalva |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Meximalva]]</div></div> |etymology=Country name Mexico and Latin malva, mallow |volume=Volume 6 |mention_page=page 215, 217 |treatment_page=page 302 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form"><b>Subshrubs.</b></span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>erect, stellate-tomentose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>distichous and alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stipule duration;stipule arrangement or course or shape">stipules persistent, linear;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;surface pubescence">blade narrowly ovate or oblong-lanceolate, unlobed, base cordate, margins serrate, surfaces stellate-hairy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, solitary flowers;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="involucel presence">involucel absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="calyx size;calyx shape;lobe architecture;lobe shape"><b>Flowers:</b> calyx not accrescent, not inflated, lobes unribbed, wide-ovate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="corolla shape;corolla coloration">corolla rotate, dark purple [lavender or purple];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="staminal column position">staminal column included;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="style architecture;style architecture">style 7-branched or 8-branched;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigmas capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="fruits schizocarp orientation;fruits schizocarp orientation;fruits schizocarp shape;fruits schizocarp shape;fruits schizocarp texture;fruits schizocarp pubescence"><b>Fruits </b>schizocarps, erect, sometimes nodding, not inflated, oblate, indurate, puberulent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="mericarp quantity;mericarp quantity;mericarp architecture;lateral wall duration;lateral wall architecture or coloration or relief;lateral wall dehiscence;horn quantity;horn architecture;horn architecture;hair quantity;hair arrangement or shape">mericarps 7 or 8, 1-celled, without dorsal spur, lateral walls persistent, prominently reticulate, partially dehiscent apically between 2 empty, doubled-walled “horns.” Seeds 1 per mericarp, glabrous (subglabrous) or with a few stellate hairs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed quantity;seed pubescence;seed pubescence;x chromosome quantity">x = 8.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tex.;n;c Mexico |discussion=<p>The second species, Meximalva venusta (Schlechtendal) Fryxell, is known only from Mexico.</p><!-- --><p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Meximalva |author=Paul A. Fryxell†;Steven R. Hill |authority=Fryxell |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Malvaceae |distribution=Tex.;n;c Mexico |reference=None |publication title=Bol. Soc. Bot. México |publication year=1975 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V6/V6_549.xml |subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae |genus=Meximalva |base shape=cordate |blade shape=unlobed;oblong-lanceolate;ovate |calyx shape=not inflated |calyx size=not accrescent |corolla coloration=dark purple |corolla shape=rotate |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |fruits schizocarp orientation=nodding;erect |fruits schizocarp pubescence=puberulent |fruits schizocarp shape=oblate;not inflated |fruits schizocarp texture=indurate |hair arrangement or shape=stellate |hair quantity=few |horn architecture=doubled-walled;empty |horn quantity=2 |inflorescence position=axillary |involucel presence=absent |lateral wall architecture or coloration or relief=reticulate |lateral wall dehiscence=dehiscent |lateral wall duration=persistent |leaf arrangement=alternate;distichous |lobe architecture=unribbed |lobe shape=wide-ovate |margin architecture or shape=serrate |mericarp architecture=1-celled |mericarp quantity=8;7 |seed pubescence=with a few stellate hairs;glabrous |seed quantity=1 |staminal column position=included |stem orientation=erect |stem pubescence=stellate-tomentose |stigma architecture or shape=capitate |stipule arrangement or course or shape=linear |stipule duration=persistent |style architecture=8-branched;7-branched |surface pubescence=stellate-hairy |whole_organism growth form=subshrub |x chromosome quantity=8 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Malvaceae subfam. 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