Malvaviscus oaxacanus Standl.

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Malvaviscus oaxacanus Standl.

Descripción

Shrubs 1-3 m tall, the stems soft-puberulent, the hairs 0.1 mm long. Leaf blades mostly 4-10 cm long, almost as wide, ovate to broadly 3-lobulate, usually cordate (often deeply so), the sinus closed, coarsely crenate to undulate (or subentire), acute, discolorous, palmately 7-9-nerved, minutely and evenly stellate-pubescent above (the hairs 0.1 mm long), densely and softly stellate pubescent beneath (the hairs 0.3-0.4 mm long), discolorous; petioles 1/4-3/4 the length of the blades; stipules 5 mm long, subulate. Flowers solitary in the leaf axils or often grouped apically; pedicels 1-4 cm long, exceeding the subtending petioles, with pubescence like that of stem but often with longer hairs (0.5-1 mm) distally; involucellar bracts 8-9, 10-12 (~15) mm long, 2-4 mm wide, usually spatulate, acute, minutely stellate-puberulent (rarely also ciliate-margined, the cilia 1 mm); calyx 9-10 mm long, densely and minutely stellate-puberulent; petals 2-2.5 (-2.8) cm long, red, with minute glandular hairs and a few stellate hairs abaxially; staminal column exserted, slender, glabrous, sometimes red-purple, the filaments 1-1.5 mm long, the anthers ca. 20, purplish; styles exceeding the androecium, pubescent, free for only ca. 1 mm, the stigmas purplish, villous, crowded. Fruits ca. 8-9 mm in diameter, enclosed by the calyces. Chromosome number unknown.A

Forma de crecimiento

Arbusto

Forma de vida

Terrestre

Nutrición

Autotrófica

Distribución

México (país) EndémicoA

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: 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]