Wercklea
| Wercklea | |
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| Wercklea ferox flower | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
| Tribe: | Hibisceae |
| Genus: | Wercklea Pittier & Standl. |
| Type species | |
| Wercklea insignis Pittier & Standl. | |
| Species | |
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It is native to the region from Costa Rica to Ecuador, and the Caribbean | |
Wercklea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae native to the region from Costa Rica to Ecuador, and the Caribbean.
Description
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Vegetative characteristics
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Wercklea are 2–20 m tall herbs, shrubs, or trees with alternate leaves.
Generative characteristics
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The 5 large, capitate stigmas are crowded. The 5-locular, oblong, obovate or fusiform fruit is densely hispid, stellate-pubescent or glabrous, often beaked and woody. It is internally pubescent or glabrous, prominently winged or unwinged, and does not open widely.
Taxonomy
It was described by Henri François Pittier and Paul Carpenter Standley in 1916. The type species is Wercklea insignis Pittier & Standl.
Species
It has 13 species:
- Wercklea cocleana (A.Robyns) Fryxell
- Wercklea ferox (Hook.) Fryxell
- Wercklea flavovirens Proctor
- Wercklea grandiflora Fryxell
- Wercklea horrida (Urb.) Fryxell
- Wercklea hottensis (Helwig ex Urb.) Fryxell
- Wercklea insignis Pittier & Standl.
- Wercklea intermedia Fryxell
- Wercklea lutea Rolfe
- Wercklea magnibracteata Fryxell
- Wercklea pseudoferox (Hochr.) Fryxell
- Wercklea tulipiflora (Hook.) Fryxell
- Wercklea woodsonii (A.Robyns) Fryxell
Distribution and habitat
It is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Panama, and the Windward Islands, where it occurs in relatively wet habitats along river banks, rainforest, and cloud forest at elevations of 0–2700 m above sea level.
References
- ↑ "genus Wercklea". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- 1 2 Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.). Wercklea Pittier & Standl. Tropicos. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40025856
- 1 2 3 4 Wercklea Pittier & Standl. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:289040-2
- 1 2 3 Fryxell, Paul A. (1981). Revision and expansion of the neotropical genus Wercklea (Malvaceae). Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, 62(4), 457--486. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.11252
- 1 2 United States. (1890). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (Vol. 18, Issue 3, p. 112). Smithsonian Institution Press. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/372541
- ↑ Wercklea Pittier & Standl. (n.d.-b). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://www.ipni.org/n/289040-2
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