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Amorimia rigida

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(A. Jussieu) W.R. Anderson

Conservation Status

Least concern

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Espirito Santo
• Pará
• Pernambuco
• Minas Gerais
• Rio de Janeiro
• Santa Catarina - Brazil
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• montane forest
• primary forest
• forest
• riverside
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Jan-Mar
• Jul-Aug (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Apr-Jul (Brazil)

Glabrous woody liana or scandent shrub with glabrescent stems. Glabrescent leaves to 115mm x 60mm. Axillary & terminal racemes or thyrses with bracts to 3.5mm x 2.5mm of solitary yellow flowers with bracteoles to 2.5mm x 1.5mm. Flowers 12mm diameter, yellow to orange sepals to 2mm x 1.5mm, yellow petals aging orange to 4mm x 2.5mm, claw to 1.2mm x 0.4mm, posterior petals to 3.5mm x 3mm. Samaras aging brown to 10mm x 5.5mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• WRA
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• Phytotaxa