Allowissadula lozanoi

(Rose) D. M. Bates

Gentes Herbarum 11: 347. 1978.

Basionym: Wissadula lozanoi Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 124, plate 41. 1906 (as lozani)
Synonyms: Pseudabutilon lozanoi (Rose) R. E. Fries
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 230. Mentioned on page 231.

Plants 1–1.5 m; herbage densely, closely tawny-yellowish, roughly stellate-hairy, not glandular. Leaf-blades ovate to transversely ovate, unlobed or with low hiplike lobe on either side, 5–13 cm, base mostly open-cordate. Inflorescences usually dense or open cymes, sometimes solitary flowers. Flowers: calyx campanulate, densely tawny-hairy, strongly 10-ribbed at base, 8–12 mm, subequal to fruits, lobes keeled, ovate to deltate-ovate, (3–) 4–8 × 4–6 mm; corolla yellow to orange-yellow, 13–20 mm; staminal column to 12 mm including filaments. Mericarps strongly dorsolaterally constricted, 7.5–10 mm including dorso-apical apiculus or spur 0.5–2 mm, densely tawny stellate-hairy, endoglossum narrow, stout, spearlike, nearly reaching ventral suture. Seeds grayish with reddish-brown raphe, 2.7–3 mm. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat: Mostly clay soil, open scrub or waste places
Elevation: 10–200 m

Distribution

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Tex., Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (Tamaulipas)

Discussion

Allowissadula lozanoi occurs east and south of the Edwards Plateau through the southern Texas coastal plains into northeastern Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Allowissadula lozanoi"
David M. Bates +
(Rose) D. M. Bates +
open-cordate +
Wissadula lozanoi +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
with low hiplike lobe;unlobed;ovate;transversely ovate +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
ovate +  and subround unlobed or 3-lobed +
tawny-hairy +
campanulate +
subequal +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
yellow +  and orange-yellow +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Tex. +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +  and Mexico (Tamaulipas) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
10–200 m +
sparse;copious +
subterminal +
pistillate +  and staminate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
starlike +, 5-lobed +, turbinate +  and not inflated +
papery +  and indurate +
Mostly clay soil, open scrub or waste places +
tawny-yellowish +
stellate-hairy +
axillary +  and terminal +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
simple +, stipulate +, sessile +, subsessile +  and petiolate +
distichous +  and alternate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
ovate +  and deltate-ovate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
trapezoidal +
entire +  and serrate +
wedge--shaped +
constricted +
0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
5-carpellate +
collateral +
2 +  and 3 +
adnate +  and distinct +
Flowering May–Oct. +
Gentes Herbarum +
reddish-brown +
obovoid-reniform +
0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
persistent +
sessile +  and subsessile +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
spreading;erect +
filiform +, linear +  and capitate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
Pseudabutilon lozanoi +
Allowissadula lozanoi +
Allowissadula +
species +
angular-orbiculate +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +