Sida sect. Sidae (Linnaeus, 1753)

Kumar, Ettickal Sukumaran Santhosh, Shailajakumari, Sreedharan, Sreekala, Appukuttan Kamalabhai, Bagavathi, Parthipan & Prakashkumar, Raveendranpillai, 2021, Sida keralensis (Malvaceae): a new species from Kerala, India, Phytotaxa 508 (3), pp. 289-294 : 293

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.508.3.4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5485155

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7B6F87C8-CF39-FFC6-93B5-FD5FF4B57A13

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Sida sect. Sidae
status

 

Key to the species of Sida sect. Sidae

1. Leaves distichous...................................................................................................................................................................... S.acuta View in CoL

- Leaves not distichous .........................................................................................................................................................................2

2. Styles 5 ............................................................................................................................................................................ S.sivarajanii View in CoL

- Styles 6–10 .........................................................................................................................................................................................3

3. Mericarp indehiscent ..........................................................................................................................................................................4

- Mericarp dehiscent at apex.................................................................................................................................................................6

4. Fruiting pedicels 2.0–3.0 cm long ......................................................................................................................................................5

- Fruiting pedicels 0.3–0.7 cm long ............................................................................................................................................ S. ovata View in CoL

5. Awns exceeding the calyx, pubescent ................................................................................................................................ S.unicornis View in CoL

- Awns completely included in the calyx, glabrous ......................................................................................................... S.rhomboidea View in CoL

6. Pedicels not jointed.............................................................................................................................................................................7

- Pedicels jointed...................................................................................................................................................................................9

7. Leaves concolorous ............................................................................................................................................................. S.scabrida View in CoL

- Leaves not concolorous ......................................................................................................................................................................8

8. Apex of mericarp beaked with a single muticous process, glabrous.............................................................................. S.rhombifolia View in CoL

- Apex of mericarp with a pair of linear divergent awns, stellately hairy ......................................................................... S. keralensis View in CoL

9. Leaves concolorous ...................................................................................................................................................... S.pradeepiana View in CoL

- Leaves not conclorous ......................................................................................................................................................................10

10. Leaves near to the base of the stem always obovate, mericarp with a pair of short, stellately hairy mucro at apex .......... S.alnifolia View in CoL

- Leaves otherwise, mericarp with a pair of short divergent glabrous awns...................................................................... S.subcordata View in CoL

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