Oxossia calyptrocarpa, a member of Turneroideae (Passifloraceae), is a shrub native to the wet tropics of eastern Brazil.[1] It is found in the Caatinga, Cerrado, and Atlantic forest.[2] It is 0.2-2.5 meter tall with highly plasticitic leaves and white to lilac flowers.[3][4] It is a heterostylous species.[2]
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| Flower (L-morph) of Oxossia calyptrocarpa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Passifloraceae |
| Genus: | Oxossia |
| Species: | O. calyptrocarpa
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxossia calyptrocarpa (Urb.) L.Rocha
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It was previously classified as Turnera, however, phylogenetic analysis supported its classification as Oxossia.[5]
External links edit
Images of Oxosia calyptrocarpa from the Brazilian government [2] Image 1 Image 2
References edit
- ^ "Oxossia calyptrocarpa (Urb.) L.Rocha | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
- ^ a b c "Detalha Taxon Publico". reflora.jbrj.gov.br. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ Rocha, Lamarck (2020-12-31). "Two New Synonyms in Oxossia (Turneraceae, Passifloraceae S. L.)". Harvard Papers in Botany. 25 (2). doi:10.3100/hpib.v25iss2.2020.n13. ISSN 1043-4534. S2CID 231821655.
- ^ Rocha, Lamarck; Cabreira; Costa Moreira. "Turneraceae of Brazil" (PDF). fieldguides.fieldmusuem.org. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ Rocha, Lamarck; Ribeiro, Patrícia Luz; Endress, Peter K.; Rapini, Alessandro (2019-08-01). "A brainstorm on the systematics of Turnera (Turneraceae, Malpighiales) caused by insights from molecular phylogenetics and morphological evolution". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 137: 44–63. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.015. ISSN 1055-7903. S2CID 121658801.
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