Lecanthus petelotii (Gagnep.) C.J.Chen

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Urticaceae > Lecanthus

Characteristics

Herbs annual, monoecious or dioecious. Stems often simple, 2-10 cm tall, sparsely pubescent or subglabrous. Leaves usually crowded at stem apex; stipules triangular-ovate, 1.5-3 mm; petiole 1-15 mm; leaf blade unequal in same pair, broadly ovate or rhombic-ovate, 0.5-9.5 × 0.3-3 cm, 3-veined, lateral basal pair reaching to distal teeth or anastomosing with adjacent secondary veins before margin, lateral veins 2 or 3 on each side, sparsely hirsute adaxially, sparsely pubescent on veins abaxially, base slightly oblique, broadly cuneate or rounded, margin 3-8-serrate, apex acute or obtuse; cystoliths linear, conspicuous on both surfaces. Male inflorescences few flowered, receptacle cuplike; peduncle 1-5 mm. Female inflorescences on discoid receptacles, 3-6 mm in diam.; peduncle 1-2 cm. Male flowers in bud obovoid, ca. 1 mm; pedicel 1-3 mm; perianth lobes 4, unequal, sometimes corniculate below apex; stamens 4; rudimentary ovary minute, inconspicuous. Female flowers: perianth lobes 4, cymbiform, shorter than ovary, in fruit enlarged and longer than achene, long corniculate below apex; staminodes conspicuous; stigma soon deciduous, penicillate. Achene brown-gray, oblong, slightly compressed, ca. 0.6 mm, U-shaped elevated appendix along distal dorsi-ventral edge, verrucose. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Aug-Oct.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.1
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Lecanthus petelotii world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:912749-1
WFO ID wfo-0001228038
COL ID 3ST9K
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Synonyms

Meniscogyne thorelii Meniscogyne petelotii Lecanthus petelotii

Lower taxons

Lecanthus petelotii var. corniculatus Lecanthus petelotii var. yunnanensis