Pavonia varians Moric.
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Authority
Fryxell, Paul A. 1999.
Cavanilles (Malvaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 76: 1-284. (Published by NYBG Press) -
Family
Malvaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Brazil. Near Japira (Jacobina), Blanchet 3148 (isotypes, CTES [fragment], F-3, K, P as photo CTES). Moricand cites the locality as Japira as does one of the F specimens, but the K specimen says Jacobina. A second specimen at K (Blanchet 3148, from Villa do Barra ) is not a type. (Serra de Jacobina, not the city.)
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Synonyms
Pavonia cardiosepala Turcz., Malache cardiosepala (Turcz.) Kuntze
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Description
Species Description - Shrubs 1-2 m tall, the stems densely stellate-tomentose. Leaf blades suborbicular in outline, angulate to deeply 5-7-lobed, at base deeply cordate, obscurely to prominently crenate or serrate, the margin undulate, the lobes acute or obtuse, palmately 7-9-nerved, densely and softly tomentose on both surfaces, up to 6 x 8 cm; petioles 1-4 cm long; stipules 2-6 mm long, subulate. Flowers solitary in the leaf axils (sometimes forming a terminal panicle), the pedicels 1.5-5.5 cm long, tomentose; involucellar bracts 8-10, subulate, 4-6 mm long (less than half the length of the calyx); calyx 12-16 mm long, tomentose, the lobes broadly cordate, 7-10 mm wide, 3-ribbed, plicate-pentangular in bud; corolla yellow, usually with a red center, 2-2.5 cm long; staminal column 12-15 mm long, pallid, the filaments 2 mm long; styles exserted from the column, the stigmas nearly equaling the petals. Fruits 9-10 mm diam., subconical, glabrous; mericarps 3-spined, the spines 2-4 mm long, stout, retrorsely barbed at apex (but barbs fragile and inconspicuous), the central spine erect and connivent with central spines of other mericarps, the lateral spines radiate between the lobes of the calyx.
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Discussion
Additional illustrations. Gürke (1892b: pl. 90, fig. 1); Moricand (1844: pl. 74).
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Common Names
Quati
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Distribution
Confined to central Brazil in the states of Bahia, Ceará, Pernambuco, and Piaui, at 500-800 m elevation.
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