Sida harleyi Krapovickas (2007: 239)

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 : 215-217

10. Sida harleyi Krapovickas (2007: 239) ( Figs. 2G – J , 4A ). Type:— BRAZIL. Bahia. Rio de Contas, Pico das Almas, Vertente Leste , 9–11 km ao N-O da cidade, 6 November 1988, R.M. Harley 25938 (holotype, SPF 79127!; isotype, CTES, K, photo!).

Taxonomic notes: — Sida harleyi is placed into Sida sect. Malacroideae ( Krapovickas 2007) based on the following combination of characters: erect or prostrate herbs, the stems with stellate appressed trichomes; upper surfaces with a mix of simple and stellate trichomes; leaf blades 0.5–2.5 × 0.8– 0.8 cm, oblong to narrowly obovate, upper surface glabrous, inner surface with stellate appressed trichomes; and mericarps 6–8, covered with punctiform glandular trichomes. Morphologically similar to S. brittonii , but differs by having the stem with appressed trichomes, upper surfaces with stellate trichomes, staminal tube glabrous, and mericarps 6–8 with punctiform trichomes.

Distribution and habitat: — Sida harleyi is endemic to the Caatinga biome where it was previously reported in Bahia and north of Minas Gerais. This species is here reported for the first time in Pernambuco, and grows in small to large populations at sandy and rocky soils of caatinga fragments.

Representative specimen: — BRAZIL. Pernambuco. Pombos, arredores da cidade, 3 February 1981, fr., A. Krapovickas 38012 (IPA).

Figures

FIGURE 2. A: Sida cordifolia, flowers and leaves. B–C: Sida galherensis. B: morphotype I, flower without dark center; C: morphotype II, flower with dark center. D–E: Sida glomerata. D: habit; E: flower. F: Sida glutinosa, habit. G–J: Sida harleyi. G: morphotype I, lilac flower with vinaceous center; H: morphotype II, salmon flowers with red center; I: morphotype III, yellow flower without dark center; J: schizocarp with glochidate mericarps. Photos: G.S. Baracho.

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).