Piriqueta

Aublet

Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 298, plate 117. 1775.

Etymology: Common name in Guiana
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 166. Mentioned on page 165.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA6 P18 Viola rotundifolia.jpegViola adunca var. adunca
Viola rotundifolia
Viola subsinuata
Piriqueta cistoides subsp. caroliniana
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Linny Heagy

Herbs [shrubs], hairs porrect-stellate and simple, seldom absent, glandular-hairs absent [present]. Leaves petiolate or sessile, without nectaries; stipules reduced or absent. Inflorescences axillary; peduncle free; prophylls inconspicuous. Pedicels articulate. Flowers distylous [homostylous]; sepals 1/5–1/2 connate; petals yellow or whitish; corona inserted at throat on sepals and petals, annular, fimbriate; filaments often with nectaries; anthers dorsifixed. Capsules smooth [granulate/tuberculate]. Seeds straight [curved], reticulate; aril relatively narrow [wide]. x = 7.

Distribution

se United States, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, s Africa

Discussion

Species 44 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

... more about "Piriqueta"
dorsifixed +
membranous +
María Mercedes Arbo +
Aublet +
filiform +, serrate +  and crenate +
fimbriate +  and annular +
se United States +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +, South America +  and s Africa +
Common name in Guiana +
3-valved +  and capsular +
loculicidal +
sessile +  and petiolate +
whitish +  and yellow +
inconspicuous +
Hist. Pl. Guiane +
straight +
obovoid +
penicillate +
Piriqueta +
Turneraceae +