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Herissantia tiubae - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 1/2014 © Christina Niegl

Herissantia tiubae - Developing fruit - Click to enlarge!

Developing fruit; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 1/2014 © Christina Niegl

Herissantia tiubae - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 1/2014 © Christina Niegl

Herissantia tiubae - Leaf insertion - Click to enlarge!

Leaf insertion; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 1/2014 © Christina Niegl

Herissantia tiubae - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 1/2014 © Christina Niegl

Dataset

Identifier: 2179
Date of entry: 20.02.2014
Last update: 27.02.2020

Common name

Portuguese: Mela-bode

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2625)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)

      Order: Malvales (80)

        Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)

          Genus: Herissantia (2)

            Epithet: tiubae (K.Schum.) Brizicky (1)

tiubae => from the Serra de Tiuba (today Serra de Jacobina), Bahia, Brasil

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: white

External links

Check for Herissantia tiubae at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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