Chylismia claviformis subsp. peeblesii
Onagraceae subfam. onagroideae
5–60 cm.
blade lateral lobes irregular, well developed, terminal lobe narrowly ovate, to 7 × 3 cm, margins irregularly sinuate-dentate.
stipules present or absent.
opening at sunset;
buds without free tips;
floral tube orange-brown inside, 3–5.5 mm;
petals white, often fading purple, 3–7.5 mm.
floral tube present or, rarely, absent;
sepals 2 or 4 (very rarely 3), deciduous with floral tube, petals, and stamens;
petals yellow, white, pink, red, rarely in combination.
= 14.
Chylismia claviformis subsp. peeblesii
Onagraceae subfam. onagroideae
Subspecies peeblesii is known throughout almost all the southwestern half of Arizona and locally in northwesternmost Sonora, and was recently collected in Grant and Hildago counties in New Mexico. It intergrades with subspp. aurantiaca and rubescens, and hybridizes with all subspecies of Chylismia brevipes.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Genera 21, species 582 (16 genera, 246 species in the flora).
Onagroideae encompass the main lineage of the family, after the early branching of Ludwigia (R. A. Levin et al. 2003, 2004). This large and diverse lineage is distinguished by the presence of a floral tube beyond the apex of the ovary; sepals deciduous with the floral tube, petals, and stamens; pollen shed in monads (or tetrads in Chylismia sect. Lignothera and all but one species of Epilobium); ovular vascular system exclusively transseptal (R. H. Eyde 1981); ovule archesporium multicellular (H. Tobe and P. H. Raven 1996); and change in base chromosome number from x = 8 in Ludwigia to x = 10 or x = 11 at the base of Onagroideae (Raven 1979; Levin et al. 2003). Molecular work (Levin et al. 2003, 2004) substantially supports the traditional tribal classification (P. A. Munz 1965; Raven 1979, 1988); tribes are recognized to delimit major branches within the phylogeny of Onagroideae, where the branches comprise strongly supported monophyletic groups of one or more genera.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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