Tropaeolum moritzianum Klotzsch

Species

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Characteristics

Stout annual climber, to 10 m long, in all parts glabrous. Leaves with small, persistent stipules; petioles to 15 cm, pendant, reddish; lamina orbicular to suborbicular, 3.5-9 cm long and 4-11 cm broad, normally glaucescent below, slightly 5-7-lobed to sublobate, the lobes obtuse to subacute, mucronulate or emucronate, peltate, the base slightly concave or subtruncate, rarely somewhat convex, principal nerves 5, the middle 3 unforked. Flowers on long (somewhat longer than the petioles) peduncles, these often reddish; calyx lobes homo-morphic, elliptic, subacute, 10-12 mm long and 4-5 mm broad, like the base of
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the spur red or crimson, sometimes greenish at the tips; spur 20-25 mm, straight or somewhat curved upwards, basally conical and with a slender greenish apex; petals yellow, orange or reddish, the nerves red or purplish giving the petals a reddish image, serrate-ciliate apically and laterally, the upper petals cuneate to spathulate (or broadly unguiculate), 8-9 mm long, 4-5 mm broad near the apex, the lower petals long-unguiculate, 10-12 mm long with ciliate stipe, the lamina 7 mm long, 4-5.5 mm broad. Fruiting carpels large, 10 mm, triangular, ribbed.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Distribution

Tropaeolum moritzianum world distribution map, present in Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:307704-2
WFO ID wfo-0000459753
COL ID 7CVK8
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Synonyms

Trophaeum moritzianum Tropaeolum guatemalense Tropaeolum funckii Trophaeum emarginatum Trophaeum funckii Tropaeolum moritzianum Tropaeolum warscewiczii Tropaeolum bimaculatum Tropaeolum septangulum Tropaeolum concavum Tropaeolum moritzianum var. ornatum