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Pavonia dictyocarpa

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Name

Identification
Pavonia dictyocarpa Hochst. ex Webb [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Hibiscus dictyocarpus Webb [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Pavonia dictyocarpa
  • Hibiscus dictyocarpus
  • Fioria dictyocarpa

Flora

Entry for HIBISCUS dictyocarpus Webb [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 175, (1868) Author: (by Dr. Maxwell T. Masters).
Names
HIBISCUS dictyocarpus Webb [family MALVACEAE], Frag. Fl. Æthiop. 46.
Pavonia dictyocarpa Hochst. [family MALVACEAE], in Sched. Kotsch. It. Nub. n. 124.
Information
Stem woody, erect, much-branched, covered with numerous spreading villi. Petioles 2–4 in. long, villose, longer than the leaves, which are cordate roundish or angular, 3–5-lobed; lobes oblong-lanceolate, coarsely and remotely toothed, central lobe longest, tomentose on both surfaces, palmately 5–7-nerved. Peduncles solitary, axillary, 1–2 in. long, shorter than the adjacent petiole. Epicalyx of 10–12 distinct, linear-oblong, spathulate bracts, equalling the bell-shaped, deeply 5-parted calyx. Calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, 3-nerved. Corolla yellow with a purple centre. Styles 5. Fruit roundish, of 5 membranous carpels provided with membranous wings. Seeds 1 in each cell.
Distribution
Ethiopia Nile Land Kotschy!Nubia Nile Land Kotschy!
Notes
This has more the habit of Pavonia than of Hibiscus, but it has only 5 styles.

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