Oxossia hatschbachii explained

Oxossia hatschbachii is a species of shrub in the genus Oxossia (Passifloraceae).[1] [2] It is native to the Atlantic Rainforest near Espírito Santo, Brazil. O. hatchbachii has heterostylous racemose flowers, ranging in color from white to red.[3]

Varieties

There are two accepted varieties of Oxossia hatschbachii, variety hatschbachii and variety miniata.

Oxossia hatschbachii var. hatschbachii is a shrub that grows up to 1.2m tall, has white flowers, cylindrical ligules, and glabrous or subglabrous ovaries.[4] O. hatschbachii var. miniata differs in that it is a miniature tree, growing to heights of 3m, it has red flowers, flat ligules and pilose ovaries.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Detalha Taxon Publico . 2023-06-21 . reflora.jbrj.gov.br.
  2. Web site: Oxossia hatschbachii (Arbo) L.Rocha Plants of the World Online Kew Science . 2023-06-21 . Plants of the World Online . en.
  3. Arbo . Maria . 2000 . Estudios sistemáticos en Turnera (Turneraceae). II. Series Annulares, Capitatae, Microphyllae y Papilliferae. . Bonplandia . 10 . 1-82 . 0524-0476.
  4. Rocha . Lamarck . Ribeiro . Patrícia Luz . Endress . Peter K. . Rapini . Alessandro . 2019-08-01 . A brainstorm on the systematics of Turnera (Turneraceae, Malpighiales) caused by insights from molecular phylogenetics and morphological evolution . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . en . 137 . 44–63 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.015 . 1055-7903. free .

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