View source for Wissadula ← Wissadula 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=Wissadula |accepted_authority=Medikus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Malvenfam., |place=24. 1787 |year=1787 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Wissadula |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>[[Wissadula]]</div></div> |etymology=Presumably Sinhalese wissa, poison, and duvili, dust or powder; common name wissaduli used for plants of Centipeda minima (Linnaeus) A. Braun & Ascherson and misapplied here |volume=Volume 6 |mention_page=page 216 |treatment_page=page 374 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form"><b>Subshrubs </b>[perennial herbs].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem pubescence;stem coating"><b>Stems </b>usually erect, hairy [glabrate], not viscid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>distalmost sometimes subsessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stipule duration;stipule shape;stipule shape;stipule size">stipules usually persistent, filiform, subulate, or minute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;surface pubescence">blade broadly ovate to ovate-triangular [narrowly triangular], unlobed, base cordate, margins entire [crenate-dentate], surfaces usually stellate-hairy [sometimes glabrate].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties=""><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal panicles or racemes;</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;calyx height or length or size;fruit life cycle;lobe architecture or shape;lobe shape"><b>Flowers:</b> calyx not accrescent, not inflated, shorter than mature fruits, lobes not ribbed, triangular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla shape">corolla usually yellowish, sometimes white, rotate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="staminal column position">staminal column exserted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="style architecture">style 3–6-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 shape;fruits schizocarp shape;fruits schizocarp texture"><b>Fruits </b>schizocarps, erect, not inflated, obovoid, not indurate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="mericarp quantity;mericarp architecture;apex architecture or shape;proximal cell dehiscence;distal cell dehiscence">mericarps 3–6, 2-celled, apex bulbous-apiculate, proximal cell indehiscent, distal cell dehiscent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed atypical quantity;seed quantity;lower cell architecture;upper cell architecture;upper cell pubescence"><b>Seeds </b>(1–) 3 per mericarp, lower cell 1-seeded, upper cell usually 2-seeded, hairy, proximal seed relatively more densely hairy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="proximal seed pubescence;x chromosome quantity">x = 7.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=sc United States;Mexico;West Indies;South America;s Asia;Africa |discussion=<p>Species 25 (3 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=fries1908a |text=Fries, R. E. 1908. Entwurf einer Monographie der Gattungen Wissadula und Pseudabutilon. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n. s. 43(4): 1–114. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades 2.5–3.5 cm, apex acute to subobtuse; stipules minute; petals yellow, fading to orange. |[[Wissadula parvifolia|Wissadula parvifolia]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades 4–11 cm, apex acute or acuminate; stipules 4–12 mm; petals usually yellowish or white, sometimes with dark red basal spot |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Leaf blades broadly ovate, base deeply cordate (except uppermost), margins curved; petals yellowish; stipules 7–12 mm. |[[Wissadula hernandioides|Wissadula hernandioides]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Leaf blades ovate-triangular, base shallowly cordate, margins straight; petals yellowish or white, sometimes with dark red basal spot; stipules 4–5 mm. |[[Wissadula periplocifolia|Wissadula periplocifolia]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Wissadula |author=Paul A. Fryxell†;Steven R. Hill |authority=Medikus |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Malvaceae |distribution=sc United States;Mexico;West Indies;South America;s Asia;Africa |reference=fries1908a |publication title=Malvenfam., |publication year=1787 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V6/V6_694.xml |subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae |genus=Wissadula |apex architecture or shape=bulbous-apiculate |base shape=cordate |blade shape=unlobed;broadly ovate;ovate-triangular |calyx height or length or size=shorter |calyx shape=not inflated |calyx size=not accrescent |corolla coloration=white;yellowish |corolla shape=rotate |distal cell dehiscence=dehiscent |fruit life cycle=mature |fruits schizocarp orientation=erect |fruits schizocarp shape=obovoid;not inflated |fruits schizocarp texture=not indurate |involucel presence=absent |leaf architecture=subsessile |leaf position=distalmost |lobe architecture or shape=not ribbed |lobe shape=triangular |lower cell architecture=1-seeded |margin architecture or shape=entire |mericarp architecture=2-celled |mericarp quantity=3;6 |proximal cell dehiscence=indehiscent |proximal seed pubescence=hairy |seed atypical quantity=1;3 |seed quantity=3 |staminal column position=exserted |stem coating=not viscid |stem orientation=erect |stem pubescence=hairy |stigma architecture or shape=capitate |stipule duration=persistent |stipule shape=subulate;filiform |stipule size=minute |style architecture=3-6-branched |surface pubescence=stellate-hairy |upper cell architecture=2-seeded |upper cell pubescence=hairy |whole_organism growth form=subshrub |x chromosome quantity=7 }}<!-- --> [[Category:Treatment]] [[Category:Malvaceae subfam. 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