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  2. genus: Calycera >
  3. Family: Calyceraceae
Calyceraceae

Calycera sessiliflora Phil.

Calycera sessiliflora Phil. is a synonym of:
Leucocera sessiliflora (Phil.) S.Denham & Pozner Calycera sessiliflora Phil. var.  axillaris  (Miers) Reiche

Place of Publication

Linnaea 28(6): 706 (1858)

Common names

References

  • Philippi R.A. (1858a)

    Philippi, R.A. 1858. Plantarum novarum Chilensium: centuria secunda, tertia. Linnaea 28(heft 6): 661-704, 705-752

  • DeVore (1994)

    DeVore, M.L> 1994. Systematic studies of Calyceraceae. Ph. D. diss., Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University.

  • Hoffmann et al. (1998b)

    Hoffman, A. , Liberona, F. , Muñoz, M. and Watson, J. 1998b. Plantas altoandinas en la flora silvestre de Chile. Santiago de Chile: Fundación Claudio Gay

  • Denham et al. (2014)

    Denham, S.S. , Gallo, L.Z and Pozner, I.E. 2014. Morphology and Taxonomic Revision of Calycera. Systematic Botany 39(4):1-13

Iconography

  • Denham et al. (2014): fig. 13
  • Hoffmann et al. (2015): pag. 183(1)

Regions

Coquimbo, Valparaíso and Metropolitana

Distribution and habitat

Mountain ranges of Anconcagua, Santiago and Valparaíso between 700 to 1900 m above sea level. Well drained, open, rocky slopes. On Cerro El Roble (Caleu) it grows on the edge of Nothofagus macrocarpa forest in association with scattered sclerophyllous shrubs including Colliguaya intgerrima and Ribes punctatum along with spring flowering annuals including: Camissonia dentata, Microsteris gracilis, Montia fontana, Plagiobothrys myosotoides and Viola pusilla.

Distribution

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Descriptions

  • Denham et al. (2014)

Habit

Annual herb, 5-35 cm tall. Flowering from October to December.

Key characteristics

Calycera sessiliflora is easily recognized by its small flower heads (0.4-1.5 diam.) and the flower bracts are distinctly pointed. This species flowers at a much earlier time of the year (October-early December) than other members of the genus (DeVore, 2004)