Piriqueta

Aublet

Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 298, plate 117. 1775.

Etymology: Common name in Guiana
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 166. Mentioned on page 165.
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Herbs [shrubs], hairs porrect-stellate and simple, seldom absent, glandular hairs absent [present]. Leaves petiolate or sessile, without nectaries; stipules reduced or absent. Inflorescences axillary; peduncle free; prophylls inconspicuous. Pedicels articulate. Flowers distylous [homostylous]; sepals 1/5–1/2 connate; petals yellow or whitish; corona inserted at throat on sepals and petals, annular, fimbriate; filaments often with nectaries; anthers dorsifixed. Capsules smooth [granulate/tuberculate]. Seeds straight [curved], reticulate; aril relatively narrow [wide]. x = 7.

Distribution

se United States, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, s Africa.

Discussion

Species 44 (1 in the flora).