Abutilon xanti A. Gray

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Abutilon xanti A. Gray

Descripción

Erect shrubs 1.5-3 m tall, the stems green, densely and softly tomentose (hairs 0.5 mm long or longer). Leaf blades mostly 8-15 cm long, somewhat narrower to somewhat wider than long, broadly ovate or shallowly 3-lobed, deeply cordate, sharply serrate to indistinctly crenate, acuminate, discolorous, softly tomentose above and beneath; petioles often equaling the blades; stipules 5-10 mm long, subulate to filiform. Inflorescence an ample terminal panicle overtopping the leaves; pedicels 1 (-3) cm long or less, pubescent; calyx 6~8 mm long, stellate- pubescent, 1/2-2/3-divided, the lobes ovate; corolla rotate, without a dark center, the petals 7-9 mm long, yellowish or greenish white, pubescent on margins of claw, otherwise glabrous; staminal column 3 mm long, glabrous, pallid, the filaments 2 mm long, the anthers yellow; styles ca. 8, slender, pallid, notably exceeding androecium. Fruits 8-11 mm long, 9-13 mm in diameter, exceeding the calyx, stellate-pubescent and with simple hairs on suture of dehiscence; mericarps ca. 8, 3- seeded, apically acute or apiculate, dark brown or blackish at maturity; seeds 3 mm long, banded-muriculate, dark brown. Chromosome number: 2n = 14.A

Forma de crecimiento

Arbusto

Forma de vida

Terrestre

Nutrición

Autotrófica

Distribución

México (país) EndémicoA

Tipo de vegetación

Desierto Matorral de otro tipoA

Categoría IUCN

No incluidaB

Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010

No incluidaC

Estatus del taxón

(A) Como definida actualmente, probablemente una entidad natural (monofilética)

Bibliografía

A. Fryxell, P. A. 1988: Malvaceae of Mexico. – Syst. Bot. Monogr. 25: 1-522
B. IUCN 2022: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Versión 2022-2
C. SEMARNAT 2019: MODIFICACIÓN del Anexo Normativo III, Lista de especies en riesgo de la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010: 101 pp. – https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5578808&fecha=14/11/2019#gsc.tab=0 [accessed 2023-05-04 06:16]