Pavonia oxyphylla var. melanommata (B.L. Rob. & Seaton) Fryxell
Descripción
Subshrubs or shrubs 2-3 m tall, the stems densely viscid-puberulent. Leaf blades mostly 5-11 cm long (smaller upward), 1.5-2 times as long as wide, ovate, cordate, shallowly crenate, acuminate, densely and softly pubescent, the hairs simple above, stellate-tomentose beneath, discolorous (whitish beneath); petioles (of midstem leaves) usually less than half the length of the blades; stipules 4-8 mm long, persistent, often recurved. Flowers principally in a terminal panicle with much-reduced leaves; pedicels 1-5.5 cm long, slender, viscid-puberulent; involucellar bracts 5, 8-10 mm long, 1 mm wide, linear, distinct, minutely pubescent; calyx 6-8 mm long, ca. half-divided, minutely pubescent, the lobes prominently 3- nerved; corolla 2-2.5 cm long, rotate, pink with a dark purple center, the petals stellate-pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially, ciliate on claw; staminal column 1.5 cm long, dark purple, glabrous, with distinctive dark purple appendages at base, the appendages 1-3 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, cuneiform, distally dentate or erose, the column declined, the filaments 1-3 mm long, secund, the anthers yellow; styles exceeding the androecium, the stigmas villous. Fruits 6~7 mm in diameter, oblate, enclosed by the calyces; mericarps unornamented, subequal to column, glabrous; seeds glabrous. Chromosome number: 2n = 56.A
Distribución
México (país) EndémicoA
Tipo de vegetación
and disturbed vegetation Matorral de otro tipo, Selva bajaA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
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]