Gossypianthus

Hooker

Icon. Pl. 3: plate 251. 1840.

Common names: Cottonflower
Etymology: Latin gossypion, cotton, and Greek anthemon, flower, presumably in reference to the villous tepals
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 438. Mentioned on page 406.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA4 P68 Achyranthes aspera var aspera.jpegAchyranthes aspera var. aspera
Guilleminea densa var. aggregata
Gossypianthus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

Herbs, perennial. Stems prostrate [or ascending], much-branched, indument of simple hairs. Leaves opposite, petiolate; blade linear to lanceolate, spatulate, or ovate, margins entire; basal leaves persistent. Inflorescences axillary, sessile, few-flowered glomerules; bracts and bracteoles membranous. Flowers bisexual; tepals 5, distinct, 3-veined; stamens 5; filaments connate basally into tube, ± free from perianth; anthers 2-locular; pseudostaminodes absent; ovule 1; style 1, ca. 0.2 mm; stigmas 2-lobed, capitate. Utricles broadly ovoid, membranous, indehiscent. Seeds 1, brown, lenticular-orbicular.

Distribution

North America, Mexico, West Indies

Discussion

Species 2 (1 in the flora).

... more about "Gossypianthus"
Steven E. Clemants +
Hooker +
linear +  and lanceolate spatulate or ovate +
membranous +
Cottonflower +
North America +, Mexico +  and West Indies +
peripheral +
Latin gossypion, cotton, and Greek anthemon, flower, presumably in reference to the villous tepals +
free +  and connate +
hypogynous +
minute +  and small +
not +  and dehiscent +
henrickson1987a +  and mears1967a +
lenticular-orbicular +
much-branched +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Gossypianthus +
Amaranthaceae +
distinct +
indurate +, membranaceous +, chartaceous +  and scarious +
membranous +