Asteraceae
Montanoa

Montanoa hibiscifolia Benth.

First published in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1852: 89 (1853)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Central America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Vernacular
Pauche
[UPFC]

Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005

Morphology General Habit
Shrub or woody herb 1–6 m high; branches pubescent to glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves ovate to pentagonal, 7–40 cm long, 2.5–30 cm wide, entire or 3–5-lobed, the lobes themselves with secondary lobes, margins crenate to serrate, apices attenuate, pubescent to scabridulous on both surfaces and glandular beneath; petiole 1–8 cm long, often with auricles at apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula in corymbose panicles, pendulous; stalks of individual capitula 2–6 cm long; involucre 1-seriate; phyllaries 4–5 mm long, reflexed in fruit; paleae 3–3.5 mm long, to 10 mm long in fruit.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Ray florets 7–8, ray white, 15–17 mm long, tube yellow, < 1 mm long; disc florets many, yellow, 1–1.2 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes brown or red-brown, 3–3.5 mm long, rugulose, the apex glandular; pappus absent.
Figures
Fig. 160 (page 756).
Habitat
orest margins, thicket edge near swamp; 1100–1200 m
Distribution
originally from Central America, now a widespread ornamental that sometimes naturalises T2 T3 U4
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0