3. Callianthe petiolaris (Kunth) Donnell, Syst. Bot. 37 (3): 720. 2012.

Abutilon petiolare Kunth, in H. B. K., Nov. Gen. Sp. [qu. ed.] 5: 273. 1822 [“ 1821 ”]; Ibid., Nov. Gen. Sp. [fol. ed.] 5: 213. 1822 [“ 1821 ”]. Type: Colombia. Nova Granada, sine loc., s. d. (fr), F. W. H. A. Humboldt & A. J. A. Bonpland s. n. (lectotype, here designated: P [P 00679725 as image!]; isolectotype: P [P 002285589 (= F neg. no. 35460) as image!]) .

Sida petiolaris (Kunth) DC., Prodr. 1: 470. 1824. Type: Based on Abutilon petiolare Kunth .

Type.

Based on Abutilon petiolare Kunth.

Distribution.

Endemic to Colombia where it is found in the Cordillera Oriental; 1100–1300 m elev. Reports for Bolívar and La Guajira Departments (Fryxell in Bernal et al. (2016: 1540)), probably are incorrect since material from those Departments deposited in the Herbario Nacional Colombiano (COL) is misidentified and should be referred to Bakeridesia integerrima (Hook. f.) D. M. Bates.

Additional material examined.

Colombia • Cundinimarca: Mpio. de La Mesa, “ Camino del Palmar, ” al SE de La Mesa, 1100–1300 m elev., 16 May 1952 (fl, fr), A. Fernández & L. E. Mora 1382 (COL [COL 000139199 as image]) . • Prov. de Tequendama, cerca de Tena, 1300 m elev., May 1853 (fl, fr), J. J. Triana 3160 [5292] (BM [BM 013837148 as image]) . • Prov. de Bogotá, près de Tena, 1300 m elev., May 1853 (fr), J. J. Triana 5292 / 3 (COL [COL 000139196 as image]) . • Prov. de Bogotá, près de Tena, 1300 m elev., 1851–1857 (fl, fr), J. J. Triana s. n. (K [K 006358367 as image], NY, P [P 06594555 as image]) . • Tena, Andes de Bogotá, 1300 m elev., s. d. (fl, fr), J. - E. Planchon s. n. (MPU [MPU 771539 as image]) . • Meta: N elle. Grenade, Cordillera Orientale, La Meta, 1844 (fl, fr), J. Goudot s. n. (P [P 06594554 as image]) . • Department unknown: Sine loc., 1783–1808 (fl), J. C. Mutis 958 (MA [MA 667364 as image], MA [MA 667365 as image], MA [MA 667366 as image], US [01223748]) .

Discussion.

The specimen selected as lectotype of the name Abutilon petiolare was labelled by Kunth as “ Abutilon petiolare mihi ” and is part of the “ Herbier Humboldt & Bonpland. ” It also has flower, fruit and mature mericarps. The isolectotype specimen, part of Bonpland’s “ Herbier de l’Amérique équatoriale, ” was labelled “ Sida [illegible] ” and has a reference in an unknown hand to the publication (quarto edition) of A. petiolare . It has a fruit and a flower.

This species lacks the horticultural appeal of other Callianthe species, yet it is distinctive. Pressed and dried material has a cinereous appearance; simple hairs on stems, petioles and pedicels are exceptionally long and visible without magnification; the leaf blade margin is coarsely serrate; leaf blade apices are long acuminate; petioles often clearly exceed leaf blades in length; and the petals are yellow.