Talipariti

Trees. Stems spreading [erect], minutely hairy [to glabrescent], not viscid. Leaves: stipules usually early-deciduous leaving annular scars, prominent, oblong, enclosing terminal bud; blade broadly ovate [orbiculate, elliptic], not dissected or parted [3-lobed], base deeply cordate [rarely cuneate], margins usually entire (sometimes obscurely crenulate or denticulate), with nectaries near base abaxially. Inflorescences axillary, solitary flowers; involucel present, bractlets persistent, connate. Flowers: calyx persistent, splitting asymmetrically, not accrescent or inflated, lobes often ribbed, triangular to ovate, not gland-dotted; corolla campanulate, yellow, fading to orange or red, sometimes drying dark greenish; staminal column included; style 5-branched from or beyond orifice or staminal column; stigmas capitate. Fruits capsules, erect, not inflated, carpels 5, subglobose or ovoid, not indurate, not fleshy, densely hairy, dehiscent. Seeds 2–many per carpel, densely hairy or seemingly glabrous. x = 40–48.

Distribution

Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Asia, Pacific Islands (especially New Guinea).

Discussion

Species 22 (1 in the flora).

Two taxa are sometimes cultivated for ornament in southern Florida: Talipariti elatum (Swartz) Fryxell and T. tiliaceum var. tiliaceum, the latter sometimes naturalized. Species of Talipariti usually are estuarine and/or littoral.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Talipariti tiliaceum