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(Last Modified On 8/15/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/15/2013)
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Species
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Calceolaria mexicana Benth.
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PlaceOfPublication
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PI. Hartw. 47, 1840.
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Note
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TYPE: Mexico, Hartweg 356 (K)
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Synonym
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Calceolaria glutinosa Heer & Regel, Linnaea 24: 196. 1851. TYPE: Guatemala, Warscewicz (not seen). Calceolaria urticina Kranzl., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 1: 82. 1905. TYPE: Mexico, Uhde 1203 (not seen). Calceolaria palustris Sodiro ex Kranzl., Pflanzenreich 4 (257c): 27. 1907. TYPE: Ecuador, Sodiro 115/1 bis (B, not seen, destroyed; photo PH). Calceolaria prostrata Kranzl., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 1: 31. 1907. TYPE: Venezuela, Ernst (BM). Fagelia crenatiloba Pennell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 72: 182. 1920. TYPE: Colombia, Pennell 3119 (NY). Fagelia micrantha Pennell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 72: 180. 1920. TYPE: Colombia, Pennell 3145 (NY). Fagelia radiculoides Pennell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 72: 181. 1920. TYPE: Colombia, Pennell 1942 (NY; isotype PH). Calceolaria laciniata Krinzl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 3. 1929. TYPE: Colombia, Schultze (B, not seen, destroyed). Calceolaria radiculoides (Pennell) Krinzl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 4. 1929. Calceolaria flosparva Edwin, Phytologia 19: 380. 1970. TYPE: Peru, Pennell 15633 (PH, holotype; F, US isotypes).
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Description
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Annual herb, 0.1-0.5(-1.0) m tall; stems procumbent or ascending, fleshy, pilose with fine, often glandular hairs. Leaves 2-6 (-11) cm long, 1.5-5(-6.5) cm broad, very variable, usually pinnatisect and ovate, occasionally almost entire and then lanceolate and incised, serrate, basally truncate or attenuate, lateral lobes in 1-2(-3) pairs, usually lingulate, acute or obtuse, the margin doubly serrate, occasionally laciniate, above green, pilose, beneath pale, glabrous or pilose on the midrib; petioles 1-6 cm long, often slightly winged distally, connate by a swollen ridge across node. Inflorescence varying from axillary pairs of pedicels to terminal, repeatedly dichotomous 5-30-flowered cymes; primary peduncles 1.5-9 cm long; pedicels 1-3 cm long, pilose or villose, often with gland-tipped hairs; bracts petiolate, entire, lanceolate, acute, the margin serrate; subordinate bracts frequently present. Flowers with the sepals 3-7 mm long, 1.5-3 mm broad, green, lance ovate, acute or acuminate, glabrous or puberulous, the margin denticulate; corolla small, sulphur yellow, glabrous, the upper lip 1-2 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, hooded, concealing the anthers, the lower lip 5-11 mm long, 3-6 mm wide, projecting, saccate most of its length, the proximal part appressed against the upper lip and closing the mouth; anthers 2.0-3.5 mm long, both cells fertile, much shorter than the elongated, linear connective; style 0.5-1.5 mm long, slightly curved. Capsule 3-9 mm long, broadly ovoid, glandular-pilose.
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Habit
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herb
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Note
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This species is best recognized by its anthers, which have both cells fertile and separated by the elongated connective. Calceolaria mexicana is a common upland species of moist and wet places,
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Distribution
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ranging from Mexico to Bolivia.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Robalo Trail, N slope of Cerro Horqueta, (6-7000 ft), Allen 4909 (MO, P). CHRQU: Rio Chiriqui Viejo just above Guadelupe, Croat & Porter 16038 (MO). Las Nubes 2.7 mi NW of Rio Chiriqui Viejo W of Cerro Punta, 2200 m, Croat 22389 (MO). La Popa above Boquete, 5200 ft, D'Arcy 6421 (C, MO). Gravel bar in Rio Chiriqui Viejo across from town of Cerro Punta, 1830 m 6000 ft, D'Arcy 6592 (C, MO). Alto Respinga and above, 2800 m, D'Arcy 9974 (MO). Bajo Chorro, Boquete District, 6000 ft; clearing in rain forest, Davidson 139 (MO). Boquete trail, Cerro Respinga, E of town of Cerro Punta, 2000- 2500 m, Gentry 5902 (MO). Valley of upper Rio Chiriqui Viejo, Monte Lirio, 1300-1900 m, Seibert 168 (MO). Trail between Cerro Punta and Quebrada Bajo Grande, 2000-2100 m, Wilbur et al. 11886 (MO). 2 km W of La Garita 3 km WNW of Cerro Punta, 2000 m, Wilbur et al. 15254 (MO). Bajo Chorro, 1900 m, Woodson & Schery 622, 636, 642 (all MO).
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