Talipariti tiliaceum |
Talipariti tiliaceum var. pernambucense |
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Habit | Trees 3–8 m. Leaves: petiole commonly subequal to blade, with pubescence like stem; stipules sessile, oblong-lanceolate, 15–40 × 8–14 mm; blade discolorous, palmately 7–9-veined, mostly 6–13 cm, coriaceous, apex short-acuminate, surfaces minutely and densely stellate-hairy or nearly glabrous abaxially. | |||||
Leaves | stipules leaving prominent, markedly curved annular scars, epidermis obscured by pubescence. |
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Inflorescences | flowers sometimes aggregated distally with reduced leaves; involucel cupuliform. |
involucel to 1/2 length of calyx, 8–12-dentate, teeth lanceolate, 10(–20) mm, epidermis obscured by pubescence. |
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Pedicels | minutely stellate-hairy; involucellar bractlets connate. |
(above articulation) 0.5–3 cm. |
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Flowers | calyx deeply divided, 1.5–2 cm, lobes not gland-dotted, densely stellate-hairy, with nectary on each midrib; staminal column pallid, apically 5-dentate, glabrous; style emergent from staminal column; stigmas 5. |
calyx lobes 12–15 × 6–8 mm; corolla yellow without red center, 4–6(–8) cm; staminal column 2.5–3 cm; filaments 1–3 mm. |
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Capsules | 5-locular, 1.5–2 × 1.5–2 cm, subequal to calyx, antrorsely hairy, hairs yellowish or brownish. |
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Seeds | 4 mm, minutely papillate. |
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Talipariti tiliaceum |
Talipariti tiliaceum var. pernambucense |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round. | |||||
Habitat | Littoral vegetation and stream banks, 0 m | |||||
Distribution |
Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies; Asia [Introduced, Fla.] |
FL; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in North America] |
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Variety pernambucense is a New World native, but apparently is only introduced in the flora area, to Lee, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties in southern Florida. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 370. | FNA vol. 6, p. 371. | ||||
Parent taxa | Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Talipariti | Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Talipariti > Talipariti tiliaceum | ||||
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Synonyms | Hibiscus tiliaceus, Pariti tiliaceum | Hibiscus pernambucensis, H. tiliaceus subsp. pernambucensis, H. tiliaceus var. pernambucensis, Paritium pernambucense | ||||
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Fryxell: Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 23: 258. (2001) | (Arruda) Fryxell: Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 23: 262. (2001) | ||||
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