Abutilon sphaerostaminum Hochr.

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Abutilon sphaerostaminum Hochr.

Descripción

Shrubs 0.5-1.5 m tall, the stems sparsely stellate-pubescent becoming glabrescent. Leaf blades 5-10 cm long, ca. half as wide, ovate, deeply cordate, denticulate or obscurely crenate to subentire, acuminate, palmately 9-nerved, discolorous, softly tomentose above and densely so beneath; petioles -1 times the length of blades; stipules 7-8 mm long, subulate. Flowers solitary in the leaf axils or aggregated apically in more or less crowded racemes; pedicels 0.5-3 cm long, articulated 2-5 mm below the flowers, stellate-pubescent, more densely so above the articulation; calyx 9-12 mm long, softly and densely pubescent, more than half-divided, the lobes cordate-ovate and overlapping, less than 8 mm wide, more or less acuminate; corolla rotate, without a dark center, the petals 1-1.5 cm long, yellow; androecium included, pallid, the staminal column 3 mm long, the filaments 1.5 mm long, the anthers yellow; styles 9-11. Fruits 10 mm long, 10-12 mm in diameter, hirsute; mericarps 9-11, 3-seeded, acute or short-apiculate, seeds 2 mm long, dark brown, minutely verruculate. Chromosome number unknown. A

Forma de crecimiento

Arbusto

Forma de vida

Terrestre

Nutrición

Autotrófica

Distribución

México (país) EndémicoA: Puebla EndémicoA; Tamaulipas EndémicoA; Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave EndémicoA

Elevación

600 – 1400 m

Tipo de vegetación

No especificadoA

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]