Pavonia ciliata Esteves & Krapov.

  • Authority

    Fryxell, Paul A. 1999. Cavanilles (Malvaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 76: 1-284. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Pavonia ciliata Esteves & Krapov.

  • Type

    Type. Brazil. Bahia: Mun. Una, BA-265, 19-22 km from Una; S Bahian wet shrubland, 50-75 m alt., 25 Feb 1978, Mori, Kallunki & Pennington 9279 (holotype, CEPEC-n.v.; isotypes, CTES, K, NY, RB-n.v.).

  • Description

    Species Description - Shrubs 4 m tall, the stems densely hispid, the hairs simple, yellowish, 1.5-2 mm long. Leaf blades elliptic, mostly 6-12 x 2-3.5 cm, basally cuneate, distally serrate, acuminate, the upper surface with evenly distributed simple hairs that are erect or more or less appressed, the lower surface similar, except the hairs more variable in size and on average smaller, penninerved, the midrib raised both above and beneath, more prominently so beneath; petioles 5-10 mm long, hispid; stipules 13-21 mm long, erect, linear or falcate, hispid-ciliate, divided to base into 2 or 3 elements of unequal length, deciduous leaving separate scars (i.e., 4-6 stipular scars per node). Flowers solitary in the leaf axils, the pedicels 12-16 cm long, hispid, the hairs 1.5-2 mm long, yellowish, somewhat antrorse; involucellar bracts 12-14, subulate, of variable length, the longest 20 mm long, hispidciliate; calyx 9-11 mm long, densely hispid; corolla 12-13 mm long, white (drying yellowish), apparently glabrous or with a few stellate hairs externally; androecium slightly exserted, the column glabrous, subequal to corolla, the anthers golden; styles and stigmas exserted, the stigmas capitate. Fruits 9 mm diam., glabrous, yellowish, retuse; mericarps 9 mm tall, carinate, slightly reticulate-veined.

  • Discussion

    Illustrations. Esteves & Krapovickas (1995: figs. 1-8).

    Pavonia ciliata is distinguished by its hispid herbage, compound stipules, and relatively small leaves (15 cm or less in length).

  • Distribution

    From the Atlantic coast of Bahia, Brazil. The type locality is at 15°20'S, 39°15'W.

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