Sidastrum paniculatum (L.) Fryxell

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution

Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 1600 m.; Andes, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.

Morphology General Habit

Arbusto

Conservation

No Evaluada

Malvaceae, Bernard Verdcourt & Geoffrey Mwachala. Pavonia, B Verdcourt; Kosteletzkya, OJ Blanchard Jr.; Gossypium, P Fryxell & B Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2009

Type

Type: Jamaica, P. Browne Herb. Linn. 866. 17 (LINN, lecto.)

Morphology General Habit

Perennial herb, woody at base, 0.9–2.7 m tall.

Morphology Stem

Stems and branchlets covered with short yellowish stellate hairs, ultimately glabrescent

Morphology Leaves

Leaves lanceolate to ovate, 1.5–10 × 0.5–8.5 cm, ± acuminate at the apex, truncate, rounded or subcordate at base, unequally serrate, 5–7-veined, pubescent with stellate hairs; petiole 0.1–7 cm long; stipules filiform, 5–8 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers at first solitary on long slender peduncles in upper axils, followed generally by a flowering branch in each axil ultimately forming a large terminal leafy panicle up to 30 cm long; calyx 2.5–3 mm long, stellate-tomentose; lobes triangular

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Petals crimson, purple or dark reddish brown, 5 × 1.5 mm wide.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens ± 17; anthers dark-spotted

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels

Carpels 5, 2.5–3.5 mm long, the valves acute at apex with 1–2 short beaks, stellate-pubescent; seeds purplish brown, 1.5 mm long with very minute scattered appressed hairs

Figures

Fig 29, p 163

Ecology

‘Scrub land’; ± 900 m

Note

The status of this plant in Africa is not completely certain. Fryxell does not mention it occurs in Africa. Exell says the Angolan record was an introduction. Schweinfurth’s plant was collected in 1870 in an area where it was unlikely to be introduced. It certainly has not spread as most introduced plants have done. Vollesen considers it is native in Africa.

Distribution

Flora districts: U1 Range: Congo-Kinshasa, Sudan, Angola, tropical and subtropical Americas, W Indies

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation

Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident

Distribution

Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 0–1600 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, San Andrés y Providencia, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.

Habit

Shrub.

Ecology

Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.