Piriqueta cistoides / [Species detail] / Plant Atlas

Characteristics

Classification

Dicots

Family

TURNERACEAE

Genus

Piriqueta

Species

Piriqueta cistoides (L.)Griseb. subsp. caroliniana (Walter)Arbo

Common Name

PITTED STRIPESEED

Growth Habit

C Value

Plant Notes

This taxon is very morphologicallly diverse in Florida, which has resulted in different taxonomic treatments. Arbo (1995) treated all Florida material as subsp. caroliniana, characterized as usually perennial plants with heterostylous flowers 11-20 mm long and leaf blades with revolute margins, contrasting with subsp. cistoides. Maskas & Cruzan (2000) recognized eight morphotypes that may have different biogeographic histories but now appear to interbreed.

Status

Native FAC (DEP)

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Classification

Supraordinal

Order

MALPIGHIALES

Family

TURNERACEAE

Genus

Piriqueta

Species

Piriqueta cistoides (L.)Griseb. subsp. caroliniana (Walter)Arbo - PITTED STRIPESEED

Citation

PIRIQUETA CISTOIDES (Linnaeus) Grisebach, subsp. CAROLINIANA (Walter) Arbo, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 77: 351. 1990.

Basionym

Waltheria caroliniana Walter 1788.

Type

SOUTH CAROLINA: Hampton Co.: SC 20, 2.7 mi. S of its junction with SC 39, 9 Sep 1956, Ahles 18262 (neotype: GH; isoneotype: NCU). Neotypified by D. B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 485. 2008.

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