Triumfetta medusae W.W. Thomas & McVaugh
Descripción
Frutex gracilis, arcuatus, 0.7-1m altus, conspicue hirsutus pilis simplicibus 2-5 mm longis; folia ovata vel interdum trilobata, supra pilis longissimis exceptisglabra, subtus venis majoribus pilis obsita, superficie stellato-pubescentia, stellis 2-7-radiatis usque ad 1mm diametro; laminae basi rotundatae vel cordatae, apice longe acuminatae vel subcaudatae, marginibus ciliatis argute serratis; venatio palmata, venis majoribus plerumque 5; petioli hirsuti 2-5 cm longi, superiores breviores; stipulae subpersistentes lanceolatae vel basi inaequaliter obliquae, ciliatae, 7-10 mm longae; inflorescentiae ramos terminantes, 5-20-florae, cymis pro maxima parte brevipedunculatis lateralibus ad modum racemi dispositis; pedicelli 1-2 mm longi; gemma anthesis initio anguste obovoidea vel pyriformis, 7-9 mm longa; sepala oblongo-linearia, cucullata, 1-1.2cm longa, 1.6-1.9 mm lata, appendicibus subapicalibus 5-6.5 mm longis filiformibus; petala sublinearia 6-6.5 mm longa, 1 mm lata, basi pubescentia, ciliata; gonophorum perbreve, vix 0.3mm longum, 1-1.5 mm latum, glandulis subquadratis; urceolus conspicuus, vix lobatus, ciliatus; stamina 17-22, glabra, conspicua, filamentis 7.5-8 mm longis, applanatis 0.5 mm latis; antherae 1.3-1.7 mm longae; styli 1.5 cm longi; ovarium orbiculare 1 mm diametro, uncinato-spinulosum; fructus orbicularis, 5-locularis, corpore 6-7 mm diametro sparce stellato, spinis 100-130 subulatis 3-4.5 mm longs, retrorse hispidis, spinulis inflexis, arcuatis.
Branches up to 1 cm in diameter or more, arising from a heavy rootstock; filaments See yellow, the small yellow petals and the herbaceous or reddish-green calyx not showy; stems sometimes reddish; leaves 5-10 cm long, 3-7 cm wide,1.3-2 times as long as wide; marginal teeth 0.7-2 mm wide, often large and small alternating, the basal ones neither much enlarged nor conspicuously glandular; lateral branches of the raceme-like axes mostly less than 1 cm long, the flowers subsessile in clusters of about 5 or fewer; bracts leaflike, mostly lanceolate, 1-5 cm long; sepals at anthesis soon separating to the base, spreading or reflexed.A
Branches up to 1 cm in diameter or more, arising from a heavy rootstock; filaments See yellow, the small yellow petals and the herbaceous or reddish-green calyx not showy; stems sometimes reddish; leaves 5-10 cm long, 3-7 cm wide,1.3-2 times as long as wide; marginal teeth 0.7-2 mm wide, often large and small alternating, the basal ones neither much enlarged nor conspicuously glandular; lateral branches of the raceme-like axes mostly less than 1 cm long, the flowers subsessile in clusters of about 5 or fewer; bracts leaflike, mostly lanceolate, 1-5 cm long; sepals at anthesis soon separating to the base, spreading or reflexed.A
Distribución
México (país) EndémicoB
Elevación
0 – 200 mA
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de encino, SabanaA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaC
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaD