Sida jussiaeana Candolle (1824: 463)

Brandão, José Lourenço, Baracho, George Sidney, Sales, Margareth Ferreira De & Filho, Marcelo Paulino Viegas, 2017, Synopsis of Sida (Malvaceae, Malvoideae, Malveae) in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, Phytotaxa 307 (3), pp. 205-227 : 217

11. Sida jussiaeana Candolle (1824: 463) ( Figs. 5A , 4B ). Type:— PERU. (holotype, P-JU 12267, p.p., photo!).

Taxonomic notes: — Sida jussiaeana is placed in Sida subsect. Nelavagae ( Fryxell 1985) and is distinguished from all other species by the following set of characters: prostrate stems, with hirsute and hyaline indument made of simple and abundant trichomes more or less dense, mixed with less frequent bifurcate and stellate hairs; leaves asymmetrical, ovate or oval-cordate; solitary flowers in the axils; pedicels 7–40 mm long, 1/3 to ½ articulated; calyx pentangular, accrescent, sepals trullate; and mericarps 5, submuticous.

Distribution and habitat: —It occurs in tropical America, from southern Mexico and the Caribbean to Bolívia, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil ( Fryxell 1985, Krapovickas 2006). In Brazil, it is found in northeastern Pará, in all of the northeastern states (Maranhão to Bahia), at the eastern region of Goiânia and north of Minas Gerais. S. jussiaeana is here reported for the first time in Pernambuco, usually found in small populations on wet rocks and sandy soils in remnants of rainforest, mixed secondary forests and brejos de altitude of the Mata zone.

Representative specimen: — BRAZIL. Pernambuco. Recife, Curado, 2 August 1958, fl., fr., A. Lima s.n. (PEUFR).

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FIGURE 4. A–B: Distribution maps of Sida species in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. A: Sida abutilifolia (Î); S. acuta (z); S. angustissima (|); S. brittonii (Ɨ); S. cerradoensis (D); S. harleyi (Δ). B: Sida cordifolia (Î); S. galheirensis (z); S. glomerata (|); S. glutinosa (Ɨ); S. jussiaeana (D); S. linifolia (Δ).

FIGURE 5. A: Sida jussiaeana, flower and leaves. B–C: Sida linifolia. B: flower; C: schizocarps. D: Sida rhombifolia var. rhombifolia, flower. E–F: Sida salviifolia. E: flowers and leaves; F: schizocarp with mature mericarps. G–H: Sida santaremensis. G: schizocarp with mature mericarps. H: habit. Photos: G.S. Baracho.