Sida tuberculata

Brandão, José Lourenço, Baracho, George Sidney, Sales, Margareth Ferreira De & Filho, Marcelo Paulino Viegas, 2017, Synopsis of Sida (Malvaceae, Malvoideae, Malveae) in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, Phytotaxa 307 (3), pp. 205-227 : 222

20. Sida tuberculata var. pseudo-rhombifolia Monteiro (1949: 522) ( Fig. 7B ). Lectotype (designated by Krapovickas 2014: 111):— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte , 29 January 1934, H. Monteiro 711 ( RBR!; isolectotype, US, photo!).

Taxonomic notes: — Sida tuberculata var. pseudo-rhombifolia belongs to the section Sidae series Sida ( Krapovickas 2014) based on the following combination of features: leaf blades elliptic or subrhombic to narrowly linear, upper surface with stellate trichomes; flowers and fruits crowded in subsessile axillary glomerules or, if solitary, the pedicels up to 15 mm long; calyx lobes with stellate trichomes and often with sparse simple trichomes in addition; and mericarps 6–8, muticous to submuticous, indehiscent.

Distribution and habitat: —It is a South American variety found from the central coast of Venezuela to northeastern Argentina and Uruguay, through Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil where it is sparsely found in all Brazilian regions ( Krapovickas 2014). In Pernambuco, S. tuberculata var. pseudo-rhombifolia occurs in humid areas in the Mata zone and is known from only a single and classic collection recorded in disturbed areas of forests as a weedy species.

Representative specimen: — BRAZIL. Pernambuco. Tapera, campos, 6 August 1924, fl., B. Pickel 2770 (IPA).

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FIGURE 7. A–B: Distribution maps of Sida species in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. A: Sida pernambucensis (Ì); S. planicaulis (|); S. rhombifolia var. rhombifolia (Ɨ); S. salviifolia (D); S. santaremensis (Î); S. setosa (Δ). B: Sida spinosa (z); S. tuberculata var. pseudo-rhombifolia (|); S. uchoae (Ɨ); S. ulei (D); S. ulmifolia (Î); S. urens (Δ).