The Endemic Plants of Chile

Place of Publication

Gayana, Bot.16: 119 (1967)

Type citation

CHILE. Coquimbo Region: sur les collines [ill.] et sablonneuses des Andes de Guanta, 2078m, 1838, Gay 345 (holotype P00715609!, isotypes P00715608!, P00715611!, GH00106993!, F971940!).

Synonyms

• Malesherbia gabrielae Ricardi
• Malesherbia humilis Poepp. var.  gabrielae
• Malesherbia propinqua Gay

References

• Ricardi (1967)

  Ricardi , M. 1967. Revisión taxonómica de las Malesherbiaceas. Gayana. Botánica 16:3-139

• Bull-Hereñu (2020)

  Bull-Hereñu, K. 2020. The genus Malesherbia Ruiz & Pav. (Passifloraceae) in Chile. Phytotaxa 468 (1): 1-44

Iconography

• Ricardi (1967): 22 e, f
• Bull-Hereñu (2020): Fig. 2b–d

Regions

Coquimbo

Habitat

Semidesert and Semiarid Andean cordillera

Distribution and habitat

Restricted to the interior hills of the Coquimbo Region

Distribution

• Malesherbia humilis var. propinqua (Gay) Ricardi
• • Malesherbia humilis var. propinqua (Gay) Ricardi
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Descriptions

• Ricardi (1967)
• Bull-Hereñu (2020)

Habit

Annual herb, 3-25 cm tall

Key characteristics

Differs from M. humilis var. humils by its larger leaves up to 9 cm long with up to 8 segments, the presence of stipules on bracts and larger flowers with a floral cup (hypanthium) equal or longer than 8 mm and equal or wider than 6mm. Sepals and petals equal or longer than 8mm (Bull-Hereñu, 2020).