RP111

Florissantia quilchenensis Manchester

Morphotype
Locality
Republic
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Name
Florissantia quilchenensis Manchester
Publication
Manchester, 1992
Diagnostic Features
Flowers consisting of five partially fused large sepals with prominent reticulate venation. Rarely a corolla of five small rounded petals may be preserved. Well preserved flowers will show a central disk.
Old Names
Organ
Flower
Higher Taxonomy
Dicot
Rarity Scale
Common
Specimen Number
UWBM 54390
Holomorphotype
Yes
Collection ID
UWBM
Morphotype Comments
Specimen Comments
Note the small petals near the center of this specimen