Phyllanthopsis arida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
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 | |
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Phyllanthopsis arida, the trans-Pecos maidenbush, is a rare plant species endemic to western Texas.
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.
References
- "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 Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Phyllanthopsis arida | |
Savia arida |
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