Triumfetta cucullata Fernald
Descripción
Shrubs about 2-3 m. high; lower branches sparingly pubescent, the upper and the inflorescence axes densely cinereous-tomentose. Leaves elliptical, about 13-15 cm. long and 4-5 cm. wide, the base obtuse, with 4 spherical glands at the basal sinus, the serrations generally glandular, the upper surface lightly stellate-pubescent, the lower more densely so; petioles 1.0-1.5 cm. long, densely tomentose. Inflorescences axillary, the cymes of 3 cymules, generally condensed, the flowering peduncles about 3 mm. long, the pedicels 3-5 mm. long. Flowers hermaphrodite, the buds broadly oblongoid, 22-24 mm. long slightly before anthesis, constricted slightly above the base, the apical appendages slender, 0.5-1.0 mm. long, very lightly pubescent; sepals oblong, 22-25 mm. long including the apical appendages, stellate-tomentose without, glabrescent within; petals broadly obovate, about 23 mm. long and 6-7 mm. wide, the claw about 4-5 mm. long, densely plumose; gonophore short and stout, about 1.5 mm. long and 2-3 mm. wide, the glands quadrangular, broad, about 1.0 mm. long and 1.5 mm. wide; urceolus short, about 0.5 mm. high, distinctly many-lobed, briefly ciliate; stamens 20, the filaments smooth, densely pubescent at the base; ovary orbicular, about 1.5 mm. long, the spinules about 50, erect, the style about 22 mm. long, the stigma acute. Fruit not seen.A
Tipo de vegetación
Selva bajaA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaC
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaD
Bibliografía
A. Lay, K. K. 1950: The American species of Triumfetta L. – Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 37(3): 315–395. https://doi.org/10.2307/2394513