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(Last Modified On 10/7/2013)
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(Last Modified On 10/7/2013)
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Species
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Galphimia gracilis Bartl
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PlaceOfPublication
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Linnaea 13: 552. 1839.
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Note
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NEOTYPE: herb. Jussieu (P- JU 11510, not seen; MO, microfiche).
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Synonym
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Thryallis gracilis (Barti.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. P1. 1: 89. 1891. Galphimia gracilis var. gracillima Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20 (3) Beibl. 49: 36. 1895. TYPE: Lehmann 7439 (F, lectotype; GH, US, isolectotypes). Thryallis montana Rose, Contr. U.S. Nati. Herb. 12: 281. 1909. TYPE: Mexico: Durango, Rose 2309 (US-301220, holotype; NY, isotype). Galphimia glauca Cav. fo. parviflora Niedenzu, Arbeiten Bot. Inst. Konigl. Lyceums Hosianum Braunsberg 5: 25. 1914. TYPE: Mexico, Pringle 9608 (NY, lectotype; F, GH, MO, NY, US, isolectotypes). Galphimia montana (Rose) Niedenzu, Malpigh. (Pflanzenr. 141(94):) 601. 1928.
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Description
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Shrubs, 0.6-2.0(-4.0) m tall, the branches dark to pale brown, usually sparsely to densely subappressed, reddish-brown hirsute, glabrate in age. Leaves oppo- site, lanceolate to ovate or elliptic-oblong, usually acute to obtuse at the apex, obtuse to acute at the base, 1-6(-8) cm long, 0.4-3.2 cm wide, subchartaceous to subcoriaceous, glabrous or nearly so above, beneath the midrib pubescent as the petiole, sometimes bearing 2 or 4 usually sessile glands near the base; petioles 2-15 mm long, pubescent; stipules triangular to subulate, 1.2-3.5 mm long. In- florescences terminal, pseudoracemose or corymbiform, usually pubescent like the stem; flowers each subtended by a lanceolate to subulate bract 1.4-3.1 mm long and 2 bracteoles 0.7-2.0 mm long; pedicels 6-17 mm long, pubescent. Flow- ers 1.4-2.2 cm diam.; calyx segments usually eglandular, usually 3-4 mm long, ca. 1 mm wide, obovate-oblong to lanceolate, obtuse to subacute at the apex, glabrous or somewhat ciliate; petals clawed, yellow, costate to subcarinate on the lower surface, the claw flattened, 1.3-3.0(-5.0) mm long, frequently reddish in age, the limb ovate to ovate-oblong, 5-9 mm long, subentire and frequently ciliolate, the anterior petal 5.5-7.5 mm long, the claw stouter, the limb broadly ovate to subdeltoid, the base sometimes cordate, the apex subcucullate; stamens with filaments flattened, subdistinct to connate, subequal, the anthers 2-3 mm long; ovary subglobose, 1.8-2.4 mm diam., usually glabrous, the styles slender, unequal, 4-7 mm long, the anterior style usually slightly shorter. Capsule subglo- bose, 4.5-6.0 mm diam., usually glabrous, the lobes tardily dehiscent; seeds ovoid to subglobose, reddish-brown.
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Habit
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Shrubs
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Note
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The species is recognized by its small habit, small leaves, and yellow flowers with eglandular sepals. It does not look much like the other Malpighiaceae which occur in Panama.
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Native
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Mexico
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Distribution
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widely cultivated in the New World tropics, especially in the West Indies.
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Specimen
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COCLE: El Valle, end of road to Turistico Hotel, Folsom 3127 (MO). LOS SANTOS: La Laja de Las Tablas, cult., Carrasquilla 175 (F, MO, PMA). PANAMA: Cultivated shrub in Panama City, Correa 486 (DUKE, MO, PMA, SCZ).
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