Cienfuegosia

Cavanilles

Diss. 2[app.]: [vi]. 1786.

Etymology: For Bernardo Cienfuegos, ca. 1580 – ca. 1640, Spanish botanist
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 245. Mentioned on page 218.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA6 P28 Callirhoe leiocarpa.jpegCienfuegosia yucatanensis
Eremalche rotundifolia
Eremalche parryi subsp. parryi
Callirhoe involucrata var. involucrata
Callirhoe leiocarpa
Linny Heagy
Linny Heagy
Linny Heagy

Herbs or subshrubs [shrubs], perennial. Stems decumbent or ascending to erect, glabrous or hairy, not viscid. Leaves: stipules persistent, subulate or lanceolate [foliaceous]; blade narrowly oblong-lanceolate or ovate to elliptic, unlobed [lobed], margins entire or serrate. or rotate, yellow, with or without dark center; staminal column included; ovary 3–5-carpellate; style usually connate to apex; stigmas connate, 3–5-lobed, clavate [capitate]. Fruits capsules, erect, not inflated, ovoid, papery, glabrous or hairy. Seeds 2–5 per locule, hairy. x = 10.

Distribution

sc, se United States, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, South America (to Argentina), sw Asia (Arabian Peninsula), Africa

Discussion

Species 26 (2 in the flora).

Key

1 Leaf blades ovate to elliptic, length ca. 1.5 times width, margins coarsely serrate; corolla 1.5–3.5 cm, campanulate, usually dark red proximally; involucellar bracts 6–14 mm, lanceolate to spatulate; stigmas 4 or 5, dark red; capsules 8–14 mm, 4 or 5-locular, glabrous on internal suture. Cienfuegosia drummondii
1 Leaf blades narrowly oblong-lanceolate, length 4–10 times width, margins entire; corolla 1–2 cm, rotate, not dark proximally; involucellar bracts 0.5–2 mm, subulate; stigmas 3, pallid; capsules 6–8 mm, 3-locular, copiously ciliate on internal suture. Cienfuegosia yucatanensis
... more about "Cienfuegosia"
Paul A. Fryxell† +  and Steven R. Hill +
Cavanilles +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
unlobed +, ovate +  and elliptic +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
dark +  and yellow +
sc +, se United States +, Mexico +, Central America +, West Indies +, South America (to Argentina) +, sw Asia (Arabian Peninsula) +  and Africa +
sparse;copious +
For Bernardo Cienfuegos, ca. 1580 – ca. 1640, Spanish botanist +
pistillate +  and staminate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
hairy +  and glabrous +
ovoid +  and not inflated +
axillary +  and terminal +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
simple +, stipulate +, sessile +, subsessile +  and petiolate +
distichous +  and alternate +
serrate +  and entire +
wedge--shaped +
3-5-carpellate +
(1-)2-many +
adnate +  and distinct +
fryxell1969a +  and karpovickas2003a +
reniform +
persistent +
sessile +  and subsessile +
not viscid +
ascending;erect +
hairy +  and glabrous +
clavate +  and 3-5-lobed +
1-2 times number of carpels +
lanceolate +  and subulate +
unbranched +  and branched +
Mallow +
Cienfuegosia +
Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae +
subshrub +  and herb +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +