familyEuphorbiaceae
genusArgythamnia
speciesArgythamnia mercurialina
varietyArgythamnia mercurialina var. pilosissima

Argythamnia mercurialina var. pilosissima

(Bentham) Shinners

Field & Lab. 24: 38. 1956.

Yocupitzia Ramírez-Amezcua
Endemic
Basionym: Serophyton pilosissimum Bentham Bot. Voy. Sulphur, 53. 1844
Synonyms: Aphora pilosissima (Bentham) Torrey Argythamnia pilosissima (Bentham) Müller Arg. Ditaxis pilosissima (Bentham) A. Heller
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 178.

Nectary glands of staminate and pistillate flowers hairy.


Phenology: Flowering from Mar–Jul.
Habitat: Oak woodlands and forests, grasslands, sandy soils.
Elevation: 10–150 m.

Distribution

V12 249-distribution-map.jpg

Tex.

Discussion

Variety pilosissima occurs from east-central to south Texas, whereas var. mercurialina is widely distributed. Both varieties appear to prefer sandy soils.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Author
Yocupitzia Ramírez-Amezcua +
Authority
(Bentham) Shinners +
Basionyms
Serophyton pilosissimum +
Distribution
Tex. +
Elevation
10–150 m. +
Habitat
Oak woodlands and forests, grasslands, sandy soils. +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Barbara Alongi +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Phenology
Flowering from Mar–Jul. +
Publication title
Field & Lab. +
Publication year
1956 +
Reference
None +
Source xml
https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse grained fna xml/V12/V12 249.xml +
Special status
Endemic +
Synonyms
Aphora pilosissima +, Argythamnia pilosissima +  and Ditaxis pilosissima +
Taxon family
Euphorbiaceae +
Taxon name
Argythamnia mercurialina var. pilosissima +
Taxon parent
Argythamnia mercurialina +
Taxon rank
variety +
Volume
Volume 12 +