Pavonia candida (DC.) Fryxell
Descripción
Shrubs 2-3 m tall, the stems minutely stellate-tomentose. Leaf blades mostly 6-13 cm long, about as wide as long, palmately 3-5 (-7)-angled or more commonly-lobed, crenate-serrate, more or less acuminate, softly stellate-tomentose above and beneath, slightly discolorous; petioles 1/3-1 times the length of the blades; shorter near inflorescence; stipules 5-6 mm long, subulate. Flowers sometimes solitary in the leaf axils but more commonly in a terminal aggregation (condensed raceme) of 2-6 flowers; pedicels 2-6 cm long, stout; involucellar bracts 10-12, shorter than the calyx, linear, nearly distinct or slightly connate basally, stellate pubescent; calyx 17-25 mm long, ca. half-divided, sparsely stellate-pubescent, the lobes 7-9 mm wide at sinus, ovate, acute, 5-nerved; corolla tubular (opening more fully in the evening), the petals 6-8 cm long, white (drying yellowish), erect; androecium 9.5-12 cm long, prominently exserted, nearly glabrous, pallid (sometimes darkening on drying), the filaments 6-15 mm long, arising in exserted part of staminal column, slender; styles exceeding androecium by 8-20 mm, slender, minutely glandular-puberulent; stigmas capitate, less than 1 mm in diameter. Fruits 16-20 mm in diameter, oblate, somewhat 5-lobed, blackish at maturity; mericarps 8-10 mm long, glabrous, indehiscent, unornamented, woody or bony, the walls 1 mm thick or more. Chromosome number unknown.A
Distribución
México (país) EndémicoA
Elevación
1800 – 2800 mA
Tipo de vegetación
Matorral de otro tipo, Selva bajaA
Categoría IUCN
Preocupación menor (LC)B
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Bibliografía
C. SEMARNAT: MODIFICACIÓN del Anexo Normativo III, Lista de especies en riesgo de la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010, Protección ambiental-Especies nativas de México de flora y fauna silvestres-Categorías de riesgo y especificaciones para su inclusión, exclusión o cambio-Lista de especies en riesgo, publicada el 30 de diciembre de 2010. – https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5578808&fecha=14/11/2019#gsc.tab=0 [accessed 2023-12-10 09:14]