Phyllanthopsis arida

Phyllanthopsis arida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Phyllanthopsis
Species:
P. arida
Binomial name
Phyllanthopsis arida
(Warnock & M.C.Johnst.) Voronts. & Petra Hoffm.
Synonyms[1]
  • Andrachne arida (Warnock & M.C.Johnst.) G.L.Webster
  • Savia arida Warnock & M.C. Johnst.

Phyllanthopsis arida, the trans-Pecos maidenbush,[2] is a rare plant species endemic to western Texas.[3]

Phyllanthopsis arida is a thornless, dioecious, deciduous, highly branching shrub up to 100 cm tall. Leaves are ovate to obovate, up to 1.0 cm long. Flower solitary or in small clusters, yellow-green, up to 3 mm in diameter. Capsule is hanging, up to 7 mm long.[4][5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ "Phyllanthopsis arida (Warnock & M.C.Johnst.) Voronts. & Petra Hoffm.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 August 2016 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Phyllanthopsis arida​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. ^ Rare Plants of Texas, Texas A&M University, a field guide, p 80
  4. ^ Webster, Grady Linder. 1967. Genera of the Euphorbiaceae in the southeastern United States. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 48:303-361.
  5. ^ Warnock, Barton Holland, & Johnston, Marshall Conring. 1960. Southwestern Naturalist 5(1): 3–6.
  6. ^ photo of isotype of Savia arida (= Andrachne arida = Phyllanthopsis arida) at Missouri Botanical Garden
  7. ^ Vorontsova, Maria S. & Hoffmann, Petra. 2008. Kew Bulletin 63(1): 47.
  8. ^ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.