Phyllanthopsis arida

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Phyllanthopsis arida
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Phyllanthopsis
Species:
P. arida
Binomial name
Phyllanthopsis arida
(Warnock & M.C.Johnst.) Voronts. & Petra Hoffm.
Synonyms [1]
  • Andrachne arida(Warnock & M.C.Johnst.) G.L.Webster
  • Savia aridaWarnock & M.C. Johnst.

Phyllanthopsis arida, the trans-Pecos maidenbush, [2] is a rare plant species endemic to western Texas. [3]

Phyllanthopsis arida is a thornless, dioecious, deciduous, highly branching shrub up to 100 cm tall. Leaves are ovate to obovate, up to 1.0 cm long. Flower solitary or in small clusters, yellow-green, up to 3 mm in diameter. Capsule is hanging, up to 7 mm long. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. "Phyllanthopsis arida (Warnock & M.C.Johnst.) Voronts. & Petra Hoffm.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 4 August 2016 via The Plant List.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Phyllanthopsis arida". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. Rare Plants of Texas, Texas A&M University, a field guide, p 80
  4. Webster, Grady Linder. 1967. Genera of the Euphorbiaceae in the southeastern United States. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 48:303-361.
  5. Warnock, Barton Holland, & Johnston, Marshall Conring. 1960. Southwestern Naturalist 5(1): 3–6.
  6. photo of isotype of Savia arida (= Andrachne arida = Phyllanthopsis arida) at Missouri Botanical Garden
  7. Vorontsova, Maria S. & Hoffmann, Petra. 2008. Kew Bulletin 63(1): 47.
  8. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.