Valantia hispida L.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1307 (1759)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Canary Islands, Medit. to W. Asia and NE. Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

M. Thulin. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1–4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Distribution
From the Canary Is in the west to Iran in the east.
Morphology General Habit
Annual, up to 20 cm tall, hispid
Morphology Leaves
Leaves oblanceolate to broadly obovate, c. 5–10 x 2–5 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Peduncle and pedicel becoming strongly thickened and dorsally with many straight bristles
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla whitish,±cup-shaped and 1.5–2 mm in diam. in bisexual flowers
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Mericarps 1–1.5 mm in diam., finely papillose.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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