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Herissantia
Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 4: 244. 1788.
Etymology: For Louis Antoine Prospere Herissant, 1745 – 1769, French physician, naturalist, and poet
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Fryxellia pygmaea Gossypium thurberi Herissantia crispa | Linny Heagy Linny Heagy Linny Heagy |
Herbs, perennial, or shrubs, soft-tomentose, not viscid. Stems prostrate to erect. Leaves to ovatelanceolate; corolla subrotate, yellow, orange, or white; staminal column included; ovules 1–3 per carpel; styles 10–14-branched; stigmas capitate. Fruits schizocarps, reflexed, inflated, spheric to subspheric, papery, setose; mericarps 10–12 [–14], 1-celled, without dorsal spur, apex rounded, dehiscent dorsally. Seeds 2–6 per mericarp, spheric, glabrous or setose. x = 7.
Distribution
s United States, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Asia, Australia
Discussion
Species 5 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
... more about "Herissantia"
monadelphous +
absent +
dehiscent +
rounded +
clawlike +
veined +
absent +
2;3;5 +
subrotate +
sparse;copious +
For Louis Antoine Prospere Herissant, 1745 – 1769, French physician, naturalist, and poet +
connate +
reflexed +
papery +
syncarpous +
tough-fibrous +
deciduous +
absent +
spiral +
cauline +
ovatelanceolate +
1-celled +
10;12 +
wedge--shaped +
3-40-carpellate +
superior +
palmate +
Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. +
1788 +
2;6 +
spheric +
folliclelike +
persistent +
connate +
5;many +
connate +
falling +
included +
toothed +
absent +
prostrate;erect +
capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
10-14-branched +
Herissantia +
Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae +
genus +
not viscid +
perennial +
soft-tomentose +