Phyllanthopsis arida
| Phyllanthopsis arida | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Genus: | Phyllanthopsis |
| Species: | P. arida |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllanthopsis arida (Warnock & M.C.Johnst.) Voronts. & Petra Hoffm. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Phyllanthopsis arida, the trans-Pecos maidenbush,[2] is a rare plant species endemic to western Texas.[3]
Phyllanthopsis arida is a thornless, dioecious, deciduous, highly branching shrub up to 100 cm tall. Leaves are ovate to obovate, up to 1.0 cm long. Flower solitary or in small clusters, yellow-green, up to 3 mm in diameter. Capsule is hanging, up to 7 mm long.[4][5][6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Phyllanthopsis arida (Warnock & M.C.Johnst.) Voronts. & Petra Hoffm.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 August 2016 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ↑ NRCS. "Phyllanthopsis arida". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ Rare Plants of Texas, Texas A&M University, a field guide, p 80
- ↑ Webster, Grady Linder. 1967. Genera of the Euphorbiaceae in the southeastern United States. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 48:303-361.
- ↑ Warnock, Barton Holland, & Johnston, Marshall Conring. 1960. Southwestern Naturalist 5(1): 3–6.
- ↑ photo of isotype of Savia arida (= Andrachne arida = Phyllanthopsis arida) at Missouri Botanical Garden
- ↑ Vorontsova, Maria S. & Hoffmann, Petra. 2008. Kew Bulletin 63(1): 47.
- ↑ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.